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Space: The Ungoverned Orbit

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict1967 Outer Space Treaty, anti-satellite weapons, Arms Control, Arms Race, Balochistan Think Tank Network, civilian infrastructure, commercial satellites, confidence-building measures, dual-use technology, enforcement, geopolitical realities, international agreements, international law, legal framework, militarization, Nuclear Weapons, satellite communications, space debris, space diplomacy, space situational awareness, transparency, United Nations, verification, voluntary commitments, weaponization

Space: The Ungoverned Orbit

Muneeb Ur Rahman0 Comments

Published: August 3, 2026 Under the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty, states recognize that the exploration and use of outer space should be carried out for peaceful purposes, for…

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A Realist Shift in Western Military Space Posture

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictallied space cooperation, Allied Space Operations Doctrine, bodyguard satellites, C4I disruption, China, Christophe Bosquillon , defense modernization, deterrence shift, deterrence strategy, France, Germany, guardian satellites, India, Indo-Pacific, international partnerships, IRIS² constellation, Japan, long-range kill webs, military space capacity building, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , NATO, Russia, satellite resilience, Space control, space deterrence, space domain, space domain awareness, space industrial base, space rules of engagement, space situational awareness, space sovereignty, space warfare, space weaponization, Starlink dependency, tactical responsive launch, United Kingdom, US Space Force, Western military posture

A Realist Shift in Western Military Space Posture

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

In late September 2025, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made history when he suggested the US Space Force is going full “space control” mode. This is the 2025…

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France Doubles Down on Space Defense Tech

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesAsterX, atmospheric turbulence, battlefield data, Cailabs, Christophe Bosquillon , defense innovation, DGA, Directorate General of the Armament, ESA, ESPI, European Space Agency, European Space Policy Institute, Eva Portier, France, international cooperation, Keraunos, lasers, Ludwig Moeller, Mario Draghi, military procurement, military satellites, national sovereignty, nondestructive measures, optical communications, satellite detection, space defense, space governance, space situational awareness, space spending, space start-ups, space threats, space transmission, space-Earth liaisons, strategic spending, structural reforms, surveillance, Toutatis, Unseenlabs, Yoda program

France Doubles Down on Space Defense Tech

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The Space Defense and Security Summit, that took place in parallel to the September 2024 World Space Business Week conference in Paris, announced positive developments for European space defense. France has the…

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