Mar14 Space Warfighting Readiness: Policies, Authorities, and Capabilities Hosted ByHouse Armed Services Committee Watch program director Todd Harrison testify before the House Armed Services Committee on emerging space threats.
Feb28 Strategic National Security Space: FY19 Budget Forum This conference, in collaboration with the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis Project, will address the dynamic national security space landscape including the release of the Trump administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget, the evolving threat environment, and changes in the organization of the national security space enterprise.
Jan30 Scanning the Horizon for 2018: What’s Next in Cyber and Space? Hosted ByThe International Institute for Strategic Studies Military and commercial developments in both cyberspace and outer space are posing new foreign policy challenges. The event’s presenters will highlight potentially destabilizing trends and assess their likely impact on the future of international peace and security.
Jan18 En Route to the Moon: Creating a More Resilient Civil Space Architecture The Trump Administration has emphasized civil and commercial space as one of its top priorities with the reinstatement of the National Space Council, the signing of Space Policy Directive 1, and the recent National Security Strategy, which prioritized the improvement of our U.S. space architecture resiliency. This conference will focus on how NASA and others can promptly adapt civil space architectures in pursuit of the Administration’s mission objectives.
Dec01 West Coast Aerospace Forum: Air and Space Power in a Multi-Domain World Hosted ByThe RAND Corporation Successful military operations in the modern age rely on the ability to effectively harness multi-domain capabilities, with information serving as the key lynchpin to put the right assets in place at the proper time to best achieve desired effects. This presents a new paradigm for the Department of Defense, one in which information stands as a co-equal to traditional elements of hardware—things like planes, ships, tanks, and satellites.
Dec01 Dupont Summit on Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Hosted ByThe Policy Studies Organization The purpose of the Dupont Summit is to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about pressing issues related to science, technology and the environment. The conference mirrors the interest of the PSO and its partners in promoting conversation about current policy concerns.
Oct05 Bringing the Air Force into its Centennial with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson The United States Air Force recently commemorated the 70th anniversary of its creation on September 18, 2017. As the Air Force looks towards the future, please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies for a discussion with Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson on the challenges the Air Force will face over the next 30 years.
Oct04 Escalation and Deterrence in the Second Space Age On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. Precisely 60 years later, space-faring nations face a much different space environment; one that’s more diverse, disruptive, disordered, and dangerous. Today’s space domain presents a number of asymmetries that differ from other domains, creating a deterrence environment with unique policy implications.
Sep06 How to Organize Military Space This one-day symposium, hosted by the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, will explore how the military space enterprise should be organized given the increasing importance of space as a warfighting domain. Speakers will examine previous efforts to reorganize military space forces, problems that need to be addressed, and the pros and cons of different organizational models that have been tried in other parts of the military.
Jun21 Integrating Strike and Defense Adversary missile forces represent one of the most pressing threats to the power projection capabilities of the U.S. military. Ballistic, cruise, and air defense missile systems can be used to hold U.S. bases and platforms at risk and deny the U.S. military access to and freedom of action within contested areas.