Books: Spy Satellites
Much has been said and written about the failure of U.S. intelligence to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and its overestimation of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction […]
Strengthening Space Security
October 14, 2009 Event report by Jim Wurst (L-R): John Steinbruner, Nancy Gallagher, Cesar Jaramillo Technology in outer space is outpacing the global legal regime governing their use. […]
Event Report: Prospects for Preserving a Cooperative Security Framework in Outer Space
October 20, 2008 New York, NY Event report by Michael Kennedy On October 20th, the Global Security Institute (GSI), the Secure World Foundation (SWF), and the United Nations Institute for […]
Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace
Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Click here for the original publication at Commondreams.org Tensions, it seems, between the US and Russia heighten daily. Increasingly hostile rhetoric is slung from both sides […]
Books: War in Heaven
When most of us think about the potential of outer space for future generations, we think of world communications, satellite navigation, and scientific exploration. U.S. Space Command, however, thinks about […]
Space Commercialization in the Decade Ahead: Economic Risk or Opportunity?
November 12, 2007 BSG Director Ambassador Robert Grey, Jr. at the Reach to Space conference in Washington, DC » Read the transcript of Amb. Grey’s remarks
GSI presentation on outer space security to the UN General Assembly
October 26, 2007 GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson delivers the first ever NGO presentation on outer space security to the United Nations General Assembly, First Committee on Disarmament and International […]
Thinking Outside the Bomb: Beyond Nuclear Weapons
March 28, 2007 Hope over fear. With this intention, leading experts on the risks of nuclear weapons, space weaponization, nuclear proliferation, Iran, North Korea and nuclear terrorism gathered to […]