... back, in formal remarks and interviews, accusing the US and its western partners of running roughshod over international law and democratic principles in an effort to achieve global hegemony. Meanwhile, no end to the Ukraine crisis is in sight. Many...
... by the USA, particularly by the administration of President George W Bush, which expressed opposition to any normative attempt in international law that would tie US hands in the area of space security. More specifically, the USA and many European...
... the use and exploitation of ISRU materials for Lunar Villages and Mars bases is unlikely to be prohibited by current international law. The USA’s Space Act of 2015 attempts to encourage the peaceful commercial use of materials beyond Earth and...
... Now what? These GLXP arrangements worked but they were informal. Formal international regulation, including monitors, will be needed. International law is currently silent on the issue and needs to be engaged to provide a reliable set of protections...
... is worth noting that the COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy is a set of internationally agreed guidelines and not a legal instrument binding under international law, but the above-mentioned observation by COPUOS in 2017 is important as an indication...
..., norms around space security are considered lax: this also applies to those around cybersecurity. The Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) was launched in 2016 through a civil society initiative, aiming...