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The Commercial Space Act of 2023 is Bad for National Security

The Commercial Space Act prioritizes industry growth and international obligations over national security. It doesn't have to choose.
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Experts React: Unpacking the Biden Administration’s New Efforts on AI

Top experts reflect on what the Biden administration's new executive order means for the future of AI and efforts to regulate it.

Is AI the Right Sword for Democracy?

The "AI for Democracy" argument rests on misguided - and potentially dangerous - assumptions.
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Biden’s Executive Order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS

The Biden administration's new executive order gives the DHS a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities related to artificial intelligence.

AI and the Future of Drone Warfare: Risks and Recommendations

The most immediate threat is not the “AI apocalypse” – where machines take over the world – but humans leveraging AI to establish new patterns of violence and domination…
Spacecraft Launch Into Space.

The Outer Space Treaty and Promoting Responsible Use of Space

States should continue to work on confidence building measures in outer space and should ban anti-satellite tests, which are harmful to humankind.
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Remote Sensing from Space: What Norms Govern?

"If recent excitement about spy balloons is any indication, it may be high time to prioritize a coherent international framework for remote sensing."
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How Does IHL apply to New Technologies in Outer Space?: Expert Q&A from Stockton Center’s Russia-Ukraine Conference

The real challenge in the space domain is avoiding escalation in the first instance, such as by reducing threats and developing transparency and confidence building measures.
Russia's Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 60/61, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 20, 2019.

The Russian ASAT Test Caps a Bad Year for the Due Regard Principle in Space

It's time for States to take positions on their treaty obligation to act with "due regard" to the interests of others in outer space.
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The Threat from Outer Space: Russia Tests Kinetic DA-ASAT Weapon

Russia’s unannounced anti-satellite missile test raises important legal and policy questions about the prohibition on the use of force in outer space.
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A Threat or A Warning: Russia’s Weapons Testing in Space

Are there rules governing the use of weapons in space? A well-established framework of international law centered on the Outer Space Treaty (OST), to which all major spacefaring…
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a developmental test, Feb. 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

The Potential U.S. Security Threats in Letting New START Lapse

Almost every problem that critics say this nuclear-weapons pact doesn't solve would be aggravated if the treaty expires.
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