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.
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.
View Deterrence in the Last Sanctuary By Zack Cooper, Thomas G. Roberts PublishedJanuary 2, 2018 There’s never been a war in the space domain, but some believe it won’t be that way forever. For 60 years, space has been the exception: the one domain that has remained free from the scars of war. By better understanding the dynamics of the second space age, we may be able to keep it that way.
View Why We Should Be Worried about a War in Space By Thomas G. Roberts PublishedDecember 15, 2017 There aren’t enough rules governing military behavior in the upper atmosphere.
Dec01 Global Security Forum 2016: Key Decisions for Strategic Space Programs in the Next Administration A forum on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security in the space domain.
Mar22 Space Security: Issues for the New U.S. Administration On March 22, 2017, the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) convened in Washington, DC the fourth conference in its Space Security series, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). This year’s gathering, entitled “Space Security: Issues for the New U.S. Administration,” provided an opportunity to understand the issues facing the Trump Administration in the space domain.
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.
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.
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.
View The Evolution of Space as a Contested Domain By Todd Harrison, Zack Cooper, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts PublishedOctober 10, 2017 From the dawn of the first space age, Americans understood the many benefits that could come from the peaceful uses of space and the great harm that could result from hostile uses of space.
