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Future of Space Expert Panel Convenes in Strasbourg, France
STRASBOURG, France, May 4-5, 2004 -- As part of its program, "The Future of Space: The Next Strategic Frontier," The Eisenhower Institute gathered the third annual meeting of its Expert Advisory Panel in Strasbourg, France on May 4-5. The International Space University hosted the meeting on its Strasbourg campus. Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the East-West Space Science Center at the University of Maryland Dr. Roald Sagdeev chaired the meeting and led the discussion on recent developments in military and civilian space in the international arena. (Full press release)
WASHINGTON DC, February 24, 2004 -- The Eisenhower Institute and the U.S. Army's Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series co-hosted a conference entitled, "U.S. Space Operations in the International Context." Among the participants were several high-ranking U.S. Army officials as well as representatives from several space-faring nations, other branches of the U.S. military, space industry and NGOs. (Full press release)
Institute Hosts Second Annual Space Security Working Group Meeting
The Second Annual Space Security Working Group (a.k.a. the Big SSWG) convened at The Eisenhower Institute on November 24-25, 2003. The group met to discuss the first draft of the Space Security Survey, a joint-project of The Eisenhower Institute and the Department of Foreign and Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) of Canada. (See the full story)
Future of Space Panel Members Convene to Discuss Space and National Security Developments
WASHINGTON DC, September 16, 2003 -- The Eisenhower Institute hosted members of its Future of Space program's advisory panel to discuss space and national security developments. (Press Release)
Future of Space Expert Panel Meets in Paris
PARIS, April 2, 2003 -- As part of The Eisenhower Institute project, "The Future of Space: The Next Strategic Frontier," the Institute hosted a meeting of its expert advisory panel in Paris on April 2-3 to discuss this year's past accomplishments and plans for the upcoming year. (Full press release)
Institute Hosts Inaugural Space Security Working Group Meeting
WASHINGTON DC, March 6-7, 2003 --The Eisenhower Institute convened the inaugural meeting of the Space Security Working Group (SSWG) in its Washington DC office to examine the potential security impact of current and future activities in space. The two-day forum consisted of a distinguished panel of 20 space experts and practitioners from the fields of industry, journalism, academia, law, and the military with the goal of fostering constructive debate over the current state of the space environment and ways to improve upon overall space security. (Full press release)
Major General Michael A. Hamel Discusses Space and National Security with
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On October 25th, 2002 Major General Michael A. Hamel met with staff and program panel members of The Eisenhower Institute's project, The Future of Space: The Next Strategic Frontier, to discuss issues associated with the weaponization of space, the mission of the United States Space Command and its role in national defense and international security. (Full press release)
Eisenhower Institute Engages Military Space Specialists
WASHINGTON DC, July 23, 2002--The Eisenhower Institute engaged a panel of select military space specialists to discuss space's current and future role in national security. General Andrew Goodpaster opened the meeting by putting the space issue into an historical context. Roald Sagdeev and Institute President Susan Eisenhower then gave brief introductory remarks, after which began a detailed discussion of some of the key issues in the controversial debate over the future uses of space. (full press release)
 Susan Eisenhower, Roger Bonnet and Hubert Curien |
Eisenhower Institute Meets With Preeminent European Scientists and Other Experts on Outer Space to Analyze Current Trends in Military and Civilian Space
PARIS, July 15, 2002--On July 15 The Eisenhower Institute convened a group of preeminent European scientists and other experts on outer space to analyze current trends in military and civilian space use and to formulate an approach to creating international political and legal consensus on these new developments. This meeting was held as part of the Institute project, "The Future of Space: The Next Strategic Frontier."
The participants are members of a larger international panel of scientific experts and space practitioners who will recommend a framework that seeks to delineate between those military uses of outer space necessary for national defense and international security and those which could be detrimental for global stability. (Click Here for full press release and summary report)
| Brigadier General Simon P. Worden Discusses US Military's Plans for Space The Eisenhower Institute's Future of Space seminar series featured Brigadier General Simon P. Worden, Vice Director of Operations at the United States Space Command and Director of the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Influence at a meeting at the Cosmos Club on January 29, 2002. General Worden gave a detailed presentation about current and projected plans for development and use of space technologies for U.S. national security objectives. He discussed the difficult policy decisions that the U.S. and other space faring nations are facing in coordinating decisions about the growing global dependency on space for communications, scientific advances, and military objectives. General Worden commented on several controversial issues, such as the doctrine of "full spectrum dominance" espoused by the Bush administration, which has provoked some skepticism internationally. |
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Russian Space Experts
Comment on US Military Space Policy
On January 17, 2002, The Eisenhower Institute convened a meeting at the Space Research Institute (IKI) in Moscow to gain a Russian perspective on US plans for military space use. The event was part of a weeklong series of meetings and seminars in which the Institute met with leading Russian space scientists, economists, policymakers, and industry personnel to discuss US-Russian cooperation in space, nuclear threat reduction, and numerous other key strategic issues. (Click here for more on the trip.) The meeting, attended by 30 people, took place only one month after President George W. Bush's announcement that the US will soon withdraw from the ABM Treaty, a move that will eliminate one of the few legal foundations upon which previous norms governing the military uses of space had been based. With this development as a backdrop, several Russian experts offered their views on US military space policy.
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| Dennis Papadopoulos speaks on the effect on satellites of a potential nuclear explosion in space. |
The Institute's Future of Space Project Convenes First Scientific Working Group Meeting:
A small group of international space science experts met on December 11, 2001 at the Cosmos Club to discuss the creation of a new, comprehensive legal framework in space that harmonizes its peaceful and military uses. Brett Lambert, Senior Vice-President of DFI, International, offered an industry perspective on some of the current and projected trends in military space use. This meeting also featured a presentation by Dennis Papadopoulos on the effect a nuclear explosion in space would have for space assets in Low Earth Orbit. Following the meeting, Dr. Papadopopoulos was invited to repeat his remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations. (Meeting Report)
Members of Ukrainian Aerospace Sector Brief
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