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Charting a Path Through the Space Arms Control Verification Challenge
By Michael Gleason
Although many U.S. policymakers are skeptical that a space arms control agreement can be effectively verified, is it possible that verification is a surmountable obstacle given the existence of new technologies and several other factors?
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Featured Papers
Charting a Path Through the Space Arms Control Verification Challenge
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Although many U.S. policymakers are skeptical that a space arms control agreement can be effectively verified, is it possible that verification is a surmountable obstacle given the existence of new technologies and several other factors?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/charting-path-through-space-arms-control-verification-challenge
The Space Development Agency and the Future of Defense Space Acquisitions
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The Space Development Agency plans to acquire and field hundreds of satellites over the next few years. How will these plans affect national security space operations and acquisitions?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-development-agency-and-future-defense-space-acquisitions
FY 2025 Defense Space Budget: Continued Emphasis on Proliferation Under a More Constrained Top-Line
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Despite the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Space Force budget request being less than it was for the previous year, does the budget submission reflect DOD’s continued emphasis on transition to a new model for defense space operations?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/fy-2025-defense-space-budget-continued-emphasis-proliferation-under-more-constrained-top
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Debating National Security Space
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https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2024-08-29-debating-national-security-space
The Resilience Dilemma
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https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode142-resilience-dilemma
Regional Resilience - Japan’s Space Security
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https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode141-regional-resilience-japans-space-security
National Security
Debating National Security Space
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https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2024-08-29-debating-national-security-space
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Space Traffic Management Terminology
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Space traffic management (STM) is a topic of much international discussion in the aerospace community. But what is STM?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-traffic-management-terminology
National Policies & International Relations
Competition In The Pacific
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https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2021-12-02-competition-pacific
The Business of Space
Resilient Rocketry w/ Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance
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How can developments in rocket capabilities and in the way we launch reinforce resiliency and national security?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode139-resilient-rocketry-w-tory-bruno-ceo-united-launch-alliance
Science & Technology
How Stuff Works: Space Weather, Satellites & Human Safety
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What’s the science behind how space weather affects our satellites and the services they provide?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode133-how-stuff-works-space-weather-satellites-human-safety
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Debating National Security Space
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https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2024-08-29-debating-national-security-space