While many countries have tested anti-satellite missiles, France has committed itself not to do so. For what reasons, and with what consequences?
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Listen to two space experts discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens international collaboration in space on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
In the past 10 years, international alliances on Earth have begun to expand into space. Nations with similar interests collaborate with one another while competing with other space blocs.
Activities in space today are far more numerous and complicated compared to 1967, before humans had landed on the moon or Elon Musk had been born. Two experts explain the need for better laws to keep space peaceful.
Russia destroyed one of its old satellites during a successful test of an anti-satellite weapon. A space security expert explains what this weapon was and the dangers of the expanding debris field.
International space law doesn’t explicitly prohibit anti-satellite missile tests — which makes uproar over Russia’s actions all the more significant.
As the space race is resumed, and expanded to include private corporations, it is more important than ever to lay the groundwork for peaceful collaboration.
A new name on a few military badges doesn’t imply an escalating arms race.
Those who speak of the inevitability of war in space will fuel a race to the bottom, and see even more energy towards an arms race in space.
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Air University
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Professor (Digital Technology, Security and Governance), Flinders University
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Research Associate in Nuclear Politics, University of Leicester
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Lecturer in International Relations, University of Leicester
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business, Arizona State University
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Chercheur Doctoral (Technologie, Relations Internationales, et Affaires Militaires) | Doctoral Researcher (Technology, International Relations, and Military Affairs), University of Kent
