View To Infinity and Beyond: Civil and Commercial Space Policy in the Biden Administration By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedFebruary 10, 2021 This is a pivotal time for civil and commercial space policy. The Biden administration should build from the successful policies of the Trump administration and look for new ways to engage new partnerships both domestically and internationally.
View The Need for Innovation and Continuity in National Security Space during the Biden Administration By Makena Young PublishedFebruary 10, 2021 National security space policy is at an inflection point. President Biden’s administration has a number of new avenues for progress, but should also continue key Trump-era initiatives.
View Cross-domain Competition: How Organizational Stovepipes Create Risks for Shared Missions By Morgan Dwyer PublishedOctober 29, 2020 Today, traditional nuclear missions increasingly intersect with emerging technical domains such as space and cyber. How can policymakers mitigate the risks that bureaucratic competition can pose to the shared mission of defending the nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) system?
View A Balance of Instability: Effects of a Direct-ascent Anti-satellite Weapons Ban on Nuclear Stability By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedOctober 26, 2020 How would new norms for testing space weapons affect nuclear stability and traditional deterrence? Would a direct-ascent ASAT limit or ban create stability or further destabilize the space and nuclear domains?
View Exploring Insights from Emerging Space Agencies By Renata Knittel Kommel, Ashley Peter, Mackenzie Puig-Hall, Luc Riesbeck PublishedOctober 15, 2020 This research explores the best practices and lessons learned in the development of newly formed space agencies established between 2014 and 2019.
View How Does Space Policy Directive-5 Change Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems? By Makena Young PublishedSeptember 14, 2020 Space Policy Directive 5 (SPD-5) outlines cybersecurity principles for space systems. This analysis breaks down the key points of the directive.
View Key Governance Issues in Space By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedSeptember 1, 2020 The space domain is largely ungoverned and undisciplined. In this new analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, a few key areas of space governance are explored to understand international perspectives on ongoing debates in the field.
View Eyes on the Prize By Spencer Kaplan PublishedJuly 13, 2020 As many nations look towards the Moon and Mars, the CSIS Aerospace Security Project looks towards the strategic implications of government and commercial action in cislunar space and on the Moon.
View Challenges and Opportunities of Nigeria’s Space Program By Tyler Way PublishedJune 24, 2020 Commentary on Nigeria’s civil space program and its current operations.
View International Perspectives on Space Weapons By Todd Harrison PublishedMay 27, 2020 This paper analyzes international perspectives on space weapons and the weaponization of space, focusing relatively more on countries other than the United States, Russia, and China.
