War And Peace In Outer Space

Author : Cassandra Steer,Matthew Hersch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780197548691

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War and Peace in Outer Space by Cassandra Steer,Matthew Hersch Pdf

This book delves into legal and ethical concerns over the increased weaponization of outer space and the potential for space-based conflict in the very near future. Unique to this collection is the emphasis on questions of ethical conduct and legal standards applicable to military uses of outer space. No other existing publication takes this perspective, nor includes such a range of interdisciplinary expertise. The essays included in this volume explore the moral and legal issues of space security in four sections. Part I provides a general legal framework for the law of war and peace in space. Part II tackles ethical issues. Part III looks at specific threats to space security. Part IV proposes possible legal and diplomatic solutions. With an expert author team from North American and Europe, the volume brings together academics, military lawyers, military space operators, aerospace industry representatives, diplomats, and national security and policy experts. The experience of this team provides a collection unmatched in any academic publication broaching even some of these issues and will be required reading for anyone interested in war and peace in outer space.

Author : Cassandra Steer,Matthew Hersch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780197548684

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War and Peace in Outer Space by Cassandra Steer,Matthew Hersch Pdf

"Historically, strategic restraint was the dominant approach among nations active in outer space, all of whom understood that continued access to and use of space required holding back on threats or activities which might jeopardize the status quo of peace in space. However, recently there has been a discernible shift in international rhetoric towards a more offensive approach to defense in space. The U.S. move towards establishing a "Space Force" has been echoed by similar announcements in France and Japan. India launched an anti-satellite weapon test and announced proudly that it thereby joined the elite group of China, Russia and the U.S., who have all demonstrated this capability in the past. And as technologies in space advance, along with our terrestrial dependence on space-based systems for our peaceful civilian lives and for support of terrestrial warfare, the political stability of this vulnerable environment comes under threat. These factors, combined with a lack of transparency about actual capabilities and intentions on the part of all major players in space, creates a cyclical escalation which has led some commentators to describe this as a return to a Cold War-type arms race, and to the foreseeability of a space-based conflict. Due to many unique characteristics of the space domain, an armed conflict in space would be catastrophic for all players, including neutral States, commercial actors, and international civil society. Due to the specificity of the space domain, specialized expertise must be provided to decision-makers, and interdisciplinary opinions must be sought from a multitude of stakeholders. To that end, this volume provides a wide spectrum of perspectives from experts who have engaged together at a conference hosted by the Center for Ethics in the Rule of Law to discuss these issues. Ethical, legal and policy solutions are offered here by those with experience in the space sector, including academia, legal practitioners, military lawyers and operators, diplomats and policy advisors"--

Author : Albert K. Lai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Space law
ISBN : 0367753855

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The Cold War, the Space Race, and the Law of Outer Space by Albert K. Lai Pdf

"This book tells the story of one of the United Nations' most enduring and least known achievements: the adoption of five multilateral treaties that compose the international law of outer space. It is of interest to scholars in law, history and other fields interested in the Cold War, the Space Race, and outer space law"--

Author : Helen Caldicott,Craig R. Eisendrath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Arms control
ISBN : UVA:X030112614

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War in Heaven by Helen Caldicott,Craig R. Eisendrath Pdf

When most of us think about the potential of outer space for future generations, we think of world communications, satellite navigation, and scientific exploration. U.S. Space Command, however, thinks about weapons. Believing that conflict in space and wars fought from space are inevitable, the president has called on the agency to weaponize outer space and thus provoke an arms race that could cost the United States trillions of dollars and could lead to the demise of the human race. In War in Heaven, a Nobel Prize-nominated peace activist and a former U.S. foreign service officer (who helped write the Outer Space Treaty of 1967) look at the history of military uses of space and the current plans for militarizing the heavens, including kinetic, laser, nuclear bombardment, and anti-satellite weapons. Contrary to the claims of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that the United States faces a space Pearl Harbor, Caldicott and Eisendrath show that the United States itself is today the principal obstruction to passage of an international treaty banning weapons from outer space. At a time when plans to build and deploy space weapons are on the administration's agenda but only just becoming known to the general public, this book will help launch a national discussion of a critical issue.

Author : William H. Boothby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108497534

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New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace by William H. Boothby Pdf

Explains how existing and proposed law seek to tackle challenges posed by new and emerging technologies in war and peace.

Author : Albert K. Lai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000410877

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The Cold War, the Space Race, and the Law of Outer Space by Albert K. Lai Pdf

The Cold War, the Space Race, and the Law of Outer Space: Space for Peace tells the story of one of the United Nations’ most enduring and least known achievements: the adoption of five multilateral treaties that compose the international law of outer space. The story begins in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year, the largest ever cooperative scientific endeavor that resulted in the launch of Sputnik. Although satellites were first launched under the auspices of peaceful scientific cooperation, the potentially world-ending implications of satellites and the rockets that carried them was obvious to all. By the 1960s, the world faced the prospect of nuclear testing in outer space, the placement of weapons of mass destruction in orbit, and the militarization of the moon. This book tells the story of how the United Nations tried to seize the promise of peace through scientific cooperation and to ward off the potential for war in the Space Age through the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty, the Rescue and Return Agreement, the Liability Convention, the Registration Convention, and the Moon Agreement. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book will be of interest to scholars in law, history and other fields who are interested in the Cold War, the Space Race, and outer space law.

Author : Unidir United Nations Institute For Disarmament Research
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000263152

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Peaceful and Non-Peaceful Uses of Space by Unidir United Nations Institute For Disarmament Research Pdf

This book, first published in 1991, is the cumulative result of a long period of research by qualified experts in an attempt to analyse the legal and scientific problems of arriving at definitions in the task of preventing an arms race in outer space. Problems of definition confront the negotiator at the very outset of any discussion on preventing a space arms race – this book sets out to remove these problems by examining the possible definitions.

Author : Andrew L. Jenks
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839980435

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Collaboration in Space and the Search for Peace on Earth by Andrew L. Jenks Pdf

There has been quite a bit of scholarship on the history of the space race, but collaboration in space has received little attention and has usually been dismissed as a propaganda side show. This book thus fills a critical gap by showing the importance of collaboration in space as an antidote to Cold War hostilities and as an important yet underappreciated episode in the development of science and technology in the twentieth century.

Author : Michael Sheehan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134151387

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The International Politics of Space by Michael Sheehan Pdf

The year 2007 saw the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October 1957. Space is crucial to the politics of the postmodern world. It has seen competition and cooperation in the past fifty years, and is in danger of becoming a battlefield in the next fifty. The International Politics of Space is the first book to bring these crucial themes together and provide a clear and vital picture of how politically important space has become, and what its exploitation might mean for all our futures. Michael Sheehan analyzes the space programmes of the United States, Russia, China, India and the European Space Agency, and explains how central space has become to issues of war and peace, international law, justice and international development, and cooperation between the worlds leading states. It highlights the significance of China and India’s commitment to space, and explains how the theories and concepts we use to describe and explain space are fundamental to the possibility of avoiding conflict in space in the future.

Author : Bowen Bleddyn E. Bowen
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474450515

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War in Space by Bowen Bleddyn E. Bowen Pdf

Applying strategic theory to outer space and drawing out the implications for international relationsOffers a definitive and original vision of space warfare that theorises often-overlooked aspects of contemporary space activities based in the discipline of Strategic Studies. This original research draws out the implications of spacepower for wider debate in grand strategy and IR.Applies the theory in a topical and contentious area within contemporary grand strategy - anti-access and area-denial warfare in the Taiwan Strait between China and America.Key principles are summarised in seven propositions to make the key take-aways of theory applicable and memorable for researchers and practitioners.This book presents a theory of spacepower and considers the implications of space technology on strategy and international relations. The spectre of space warfare stalks the major powers as outer space increasingly defines geopolitical and military competition. As satellites have become essential for modern warfare, strategists are asking whether the next major war will begin or be decided in outer space. Only strategic theory can explore the decisiveness and effects of war in space upon `grand strategy' and international relations. The author applies the wisdom of military strategy to outer space, and presents a compelling new vision of Earth orbit as a coastline, rather than an open ocean or an extension of airspace as many have assumed. Rooted in the classical military works of Clausewitz, Mahan, and Castex to name a few, this book presents comprehensive principles for strategic thought about space that explain the pervasive and inescapable influence of spacepower on strategy and the changing military balance of the 21st century.

Author : Bhupendra Jasani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000263114

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Outer Space - A New Dimension of the Arms Race by Bhupendra Jasani Pdf

This book, first published in 1982, analyses the prospects of the Cold War superpowers arms race spilling into outer space. A SIPRI-organized symposium in 1981 discussed the consequences of the militarization of outer space, as well as further arms control and disarmament measures. This book presents the findings of 20 eminent scientists, lawyers and diplomats from 12 different countries.

Author : Scott J. Shackelford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108427739

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Cyber War and Peace by Scott J. Shackelford Pdf

The frontiers are the future of humanity. Peacefully and sustainably managing them is critical to both security and prosperity in the twenty-first century.

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : MINN:31951D00632619C

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Missiles, Rockets, and Space in War and Peace by United States. Department of the Army Pdf

Author : Andrew L. Jenks
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839980442

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Collaboration in Space and the Search for Peace on Earth by Andrew L. Jenks Pdf

There has been quite a bit of scholarship on the history of the space race, but collaboration in space has received little attention and has usually been dismissed as a propaganda side show. This book thus fills a critical gap by showing the importance of collaboration in space as an antidote to Cold War hostilities and as an important yet underappreciated episode in the development of science and technology in the twentieth century.

Author : J. Furman Daniel III,T. K. Rogers
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498587754

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The First Space War by J. Furman Daniel III,T. K. Rogers Pdf

Unfortunately, much of what people believe about war in space has been shaped, or misshaped, by Hollywood and other forms of popular media. In this book a STEM educator and a political science professor team up to explore the possibilities for warfare in space and explain why almost everything you've learned about space wars from movies is disappointingly wrong. The truth is stranger and more interesting than fiction. Using history, politics and STEM as guides, this book provides a detailed account of how Earth’s first war in space will be fought. As we show, it will begin not as an invasion of Earth by super-advanced aliens but by Earth starting a war with its Martian colony.