At the Elliott School of International Affairs
SPI Alumni, Moon J. Kim, was published in the New Space Journal. The article is titled “The Potential Speculative Bubble in the
U.S. Commercial Space Launch Industry and the Implications to the United States” and can be accessed at https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/space.2017.0029
Dr. John J. Klein, adjunct SPI professor, authored an article titled “Industry Vital for Deterring Aggression in Space.” The article was published by National DEFENSE, NDIA’s Business & Technology Magazine, and can be found here.
Dr. John J. Klein, adjunct SPI professor, co-authored an article titled “A Comprehensive Approach to Space Deterrence.” The article was published by Strategy Bridge and can be accessed here.
SPI Director Scott Pace co-authors the article, “Now is the time to invest in private space stations” for Politico magazine. The article addresses the transition away from the ISS model to a commercially operated space station model. For more, check out the full article.
Dr. John J. Klein, adjunct SPI professor, co-authored an article titled “Some Lessons on Spacepower from Colin Gray.” The article was published by the Naval War College Review and can be accessed here.
Recent SPI graduate Gentoku Toyoma wrote the article “Countering Threats in Space Through International Cooperation“, which was published in Space Policy, Volume 55, February 2021.
Abstract:
The U.S. military’s dependence on inherently vulnerable space assets creates an incentive for its adversaries to target U.S. space systems. Establishing mission assurance through resilience and reconstitution is a critical challenge for the United States. One of the U.S. approaches to strengthening resilience and reconstituting space systems is to engage in international cooperation with its allies. Such cooperation can effectively improve three elements of resilience: disaggregation, distribution, and diversification. International joint development of satellites with allies would also improve the reconstitution of U.S. space systems, which involves rebuilding these systems after damage by adversaries. These efforts could benefit both the United States and its allies through imposing quantitative and political costs on adversaries for attacking U.S. space systems. Several issues prevent close cooperation. Considering these benefits and obstacles, establishing space systems, especially an SSA(Space Situational Awareness) satellite constellation, with allies could be an effective undertaking for the United States. The United States has an advantage compared with its adversaries as it possesses a number of strong allies and partners; thus, the United States should maximize this advantage to improve the resilience and reconstitution of space systems.
