National Policies & International Relations
Subhead
U.S. national space policy must continue to benefit from our current international partnerships as well as leverage those of emerging space nations. CSPS looks at how space activities are addressed through governance and policy at national and international levels.

Featured Papers
Singapore: Country Brief

As space operations become increasingly global, is Singapore well positioned to both support its existing role as an aviation and maritime hub as well as further its development of space capabilities?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/singapore-country-brief
Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites

The proliferation of small satellites has led to large numbers of new entrants into the space business. How do space policies apply to satellite missions that may not fit the typical mold?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/policy-compliance-roadmap-small-satellites
Commercial Normentum: Space Security Challenges, Commercial Actors, and Norms of Behavior

Given the steadily increasing role of commercial actors in international space activities, are there possibilities for commercial stakeholders to participate in the development of space norms beyond safety and sustainability in peacetime, including into situations involving hostile action?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/commercial-normentum-space-security-challenges-commercial-actors-and-norms-behavior
Latest Papers, Events & News
What the Expiration of New START Could Mean for U.S. Space Forces

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode004-what-expiration-new-start-could-mean-us-space-forces
Space Domain Awareness: Building Trust in the Data

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2020-03-09-space-domain-awareness-building-trust-data
Noninterference with National Technical Means: The status quo will not survive

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/noninterference-national-technical-means-status-quo-will-not-survive
Study raises prospect of space conflict if U.S. and Russia abandon nuclear arms control treaty

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2020-01-15-study-raises-prospect-space-conflict-if-us-and-russia-abandon-nuclear-arms-control
Space Leadership in Transition

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-leadership-transition
US Missile Warning Sats Fair Game If No New START?

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2019-07-17-us-missile-warning-sats-fair-game-if-no-new-start
What Brexit Means for UK Space Leadership

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/what-brexit-means-uk-space-leadership
Launch Uncertainty: Implications for Large Constellations

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/launch-uncertainty-implications-large-constellations
Luxembourg: A Model for Space Sector Growth

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/luxembourg-model-space-sector-growth
Issue Brief: Launching U.S. Government Payloads on Foreign Soil

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/issue-brief-launching-us-government-payloads-foreign-soil
National Policies & International Relations Podcasts
Featured Experts
Michael Gleason

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/michael-gleason
Josef Koller

Role
Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/josef-koller
Sam Wilson

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/sam-wilson
Russell Rumbaugh

Role
Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/russell-rumbaugh
Robin Dickey

Role
Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/robin-dickey
Lori Gordon

Role
Systems Director, Corporate Chief Engineer’s Office
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lori-gordon
Barbara Manganis Braun

Role
Principal Director, Corporate Chief Engineer’s Office
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/barbara-manganis-braun
Sam Sims

Role
Senior Project Engineer, Space Innovation Directorate
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/sam-sims
Marlon Sorge

Role
Technical Fellow, Space Innovation Directorate
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/marlon-sorge