At the Elliott School of International Affairs
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Elif Yüksel is a Turkish pioneer in space diplomacy and policy, specializing at the Space Policy Institute of George Washington University. She is a Fulbright Scholar, Space Policy Institute Fellow, and an alumna of the International Space University. Currently, she serves as an Ambassador for the AstroAid Foundation.
The author, Major Benjamin Staats is an Army Space Operations Officer who currently serves at US Space Command. He is a graduate of the George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute at the Elliot School of International Affairs and is a Schriever Space Scholar graduate.
Professor Aaron Bateman has a new article, “Hunting the Red Bear: Satellite Reconnaissance and the ‘Second Offset Strategy’ in the Late Cold War,” published in The International History Review. He uses recently declassified documents to uncover the role of reconnaissance technologies in the U.S. shift towards more flexible conventional and nuclear targeting postures in the late Cold War. The article can be accessed here: https://www.tandfonline.com/
SPI Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund co-authored a briefing paper on the topic of “Space Situational Awareness and Information Sharing Principles.”
This paper was the product of the Global Future Council on the Future of Space, part of the World Economic Forum 2024.
You can find the full paper available at the following link: https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Space_Situational_Awareness_Data_and_Information_Sharing_Principles_2024.pdf
The latest article from SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace is titled “Beyond ISS: America must lead in LEO, cislunar and beyond”.
The article, published by Space News, was co-authored with former NASA administrator Charles Bolden, and former Space Policy Director of the National Security Council, Bill Liquori.
Dr. Paikowsky, non-resident SPI scholar, co-authored a scholarly article titled “Sneaking through raising walls: The dynamics of institutionalizing security technology clubs”. The authors use two case studies, of the nuclear club of the 1960s, and the early space club centered on counterspace capabilities, to illustrate how tech-havers have acted to restrict access to strategic and sensitive capabilities, especially those with strategic lethal significance.
The article was published in the Technology in Society journal and can be found here.
SPI was well represented at the 74th International Astronautical Congress, which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The IAC is the premier annual event where global space actors gather, and attracts more than 6,000 participants each year, representing a myriad of space sectors and topics. The IAC offers the latest developments in academia and industry, and provides opportunities for exchanging ideas, networking, and potential partnerships.
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace presented his paper “Global Space Futures — 2050” at the 36th International Academy of Astronautics Symposium on Space Policy, Regulations and Economics. You can read his paper below from the file uploaded to this page.
SPI Professor Dr. Henry Hertzfeld was recognized by the International Institute of Space Law with a certificate of appreciation for his service, and co-chaired “Space Economy Session – A focus on in-space operations and their potential to stimulate economic development” as well as “Cost and Procurement impacts on Space Programmes linked to high inflation
and world-wide scarcity of components and materials.”
SPI Research Professor Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund was a speaker for the “Space for Emerging Ecosystems – Emerging Ecosystems for Space” section.
SPI MA alum and current GW PhD student Andrew Garza presented his paper “Engagement and Communication of the Space Sustainability Rating.”
Many SPI alumni attended as well, including Associate Professor Dr. Mariel Borowitz of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Angela Peura who works with NASA SCaN, and Faud Guliyev who lives in Baku.
