View Featured Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Makena Young PublishedFebruary 26, 2021 This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to protect against or deter adversarial attacks via counterspace weapons.
View Featured 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.
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 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 What the FCC Ligado Approval Means for U.S. Military Systems By Makena Young PublishedMay 5, 2020 Learn more about the FCC approval for a private company to operate a 5G broadband network in the same band as GPS.
View Report: Space Threat Assessment 2020 By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts, Tyler Way, Makena Young PublishedMarch 30, 2020 Space Threat Assessment 2020 aggregates and analyzes publicly available information on the counterspace capabilities of other nations.
