View Space Threat Assessment 2021 By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Joe Moye, Makena Young PublishedApril 1, 2021 Space Threat Assessment 2021 aggregates and analyzes publicly available information on the counterspace capabilities of other nations.
Apr15 Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space Analysts will discuss methods to protect space systems from counterspace weapons, including active and passive defenses, strategy and policy measures, and diplomatic initiatives. Moderated by Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director – Secure World Foundation Featuring: David Edmonson, Policy Head, Space Security and Advanced Threats – British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Director of the […]
Apr08 The Dark Arts in Space: Developments in Counterspace Weapons Please join analysts from CSIS and the Secure World Foundation as they discuss their latest reports on counterspace weapons and threats to space systems. Moderated by Kaitlyn Johnson, Deputy Director of Aerospace Security Project Featuring: LtCol Joe Moye, CMC Executive Fellow to CSIS Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director for Secure World Foundation Brian Weeden, Director […]
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?
Explore this Topic National Security Space Organizations 101 A primer on national security space organizations for the United States government, to include agencies such as the new U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command, and others.
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.
View Congress approved the Space Force. Now What? By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedDecember 19, 2019 The U.S. will officially create a new military service for space, the U.S. Space Force. Learn more about the new service with this piece about the law that establishes the new service.
