At the Elliott School of International Affairs
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.
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace co-authored a report for the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) of the Internet Society (ISOC), with an esteemed group of scholars and leaders, including Dr. Vinton Cerf of Google and Dr. Jim Green of NASA.
IPNSIG’s mission is to realize a functional and scalable system of interplanetary data communications, and their report, “Solar System Internet Architecture and Governance,” examines the governance properties and structures necessary to form a common and shared solar system internet, along with the key technologies that will drive this endeavor.
The report is available in full in the file below.
“Secret Partners: The National Reconnaissance Office and the Intelligence-Industrial-Academ
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SPI Director, Dr. Scott Pace, was published in the journal Space Policy. His article “A U.S. Perspective on Deterrence and Geopolitics in Space” delves into how theories of deterrence and geopolitics are used to safeguard national interests in space, and points out that despite their frequent application in U.S. policy, these theories are often misunderstood or misapplied.
He highlights the challenge of deterrence posed by China’s burgeoning space capabilities, and the increasing use of commercial space assets for military purposes.
Dr. Pace also critically examines the various interpretations of geopolitics in space, including theories posited by Everett C. Dolman, Daniel Deudney, and former SPI Visiting Scholar Bleddyn Bowen. He accentuates that while deterrence and geopolitics are instrumental in space cooperation and competition, their applications are grounded in terrestrial concerns.
He concludes with a call for further research into these theories’ applications to encourage both cooperation and competition in space.
