Research: Grey Zones of Space Governance https://bit.ly/4jaj0Zo ; Hidden Harms in Outer Space https://bit.ly/3DTnBPJ
Reach out to connect and collaborate 🚀 ⭐ 🌍 🛰
The Outer Space Treaty prohibits placing nuclear weapons in orbit; a core pillar of space security.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The Outer Space Treaty prohibits placing nuclear weapons in orbit; a core pillar of space security.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
For Canada, Arctic security and NORAD modernization depend on consent, cooperation, and trust. Treating allied territory as leverage undermines the foundation North American defence actually rests on.
www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026...
For Canada, Arctic security and NORAD modernization depend on consent, cooperation, and trust. Treating allied territory as leverage undermines the foundation North American defence actually rests on.
In this Maclean’s article, I unpack what the shifting security landscape means for us and why an arms-race approach would backfire.
macleans.ca/politics/can...
In this Maclean’s article, I unpack what the shifting security landscape means for us and why an arms-race approach would backfire.
macleans.ca/politics/can...
Reflections in my new Substack:
🔗https://onfragileorbits.substack.com/p/governance-is-a-capability-and-canada?r=2iqo6v
Reflections in my new Substack:
🔗https://onfragileorbits.substack.com/p/governance-is-a-capability-and-canada?r=2iqo6v
Voting is today. Catch up here: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
Voting is today. Catch up here: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
My summary of day one of the dedicated space security debate. Full version at the link. More to come this week.
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
My summary of day one of the dedicated space security debate. Full version at the link. More to come this week.
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
A call to turn principles into practice to keep space peaceful for all. Big thanks to those who crafted.
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
A call to turn principles into practice to keep space peaceful for all. Big thanks to those who crafted.
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
Also calls for equity and inclusivity in governing space for all humankind. 🌍🚀
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
Also calls for equity and inclusivity in governing space for all humankind. 🌍🚀
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
We talked about why space is a human domain and new governance opportunities (and challenges of course!).
🎧 www.cigionline.org/pp/space-is-...
We talked about why space is a human domain and new governance opportunities (and challenges of course!).
🎧 www.cigionline.org/pp/space-is-...
During Week 1:
💣 Nuclear and tech entanglement is reshaping deterrence.
🚀 Restraint in the space arms race is slipping—“nearing the point of no return.”
More via Reaching Critical Will (p. 23) 👇
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
During Week 1:
💣 Nuclear and tech entanglement is reshaping deterrence.
🚀 Restraint in the space arms race is slipping—“nearing the point of no return.”
More via Reaching Critical Will (p. 23) 👇
reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
Civil society is still here, still shaping, still necessary.
I dig into what this means for diplomacy in my latest piece for the Ploughshares Monitor: ploughshares.ca/absent-voice...
Civil society is still here, still shaping, still necessary.
I dig into what this means for diplomacy in my latest piece for the Ploughshares Monitor: ploughshares.ca/absent-voice...
📰 New on On Fragile Orbits: onfragileorbits.substack.com/p/were-not-i...
📰 New on On Fragile Orbits: onfragileorbits.substack.com/p/were-not-i...
Tomorrow I’ll be online with Sam Wilson + International Student/Young Pugwash to talk through the nuts, bolts, dilemmas & dollars.
Plenty of discussion time. Bring your questions and maybe a calculator.
Register: britishpugwash.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Tomorrow I’ll be online with Sam Wilson + International Student/Young Pugwash to talk through the nuts, bolts, dilemmas & dollars.
Plenty of discussion time. Bring your questions and maybe a calculator.
Register: britishpugwash.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Jeremy Hansen jokes about training for space death. Beneath the humour is truth: human spaceflight IS life & death.
Astronauts are explorers and pioneers of human health, a part of the human story in space worth appreciating.
🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Jeremy Hansen jokes about training for space death. Beneath the humour is truth: human spaceflight IS life & death.
Astronauts are explorers and pioneers of human health, a part of the human story in space worth appreciating.
🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/science...
At UNIDIR’s #OS25 we tackled lunar risks, commercial pressures, youth voices, and unpredictability in orbit.
I’m still holding onto optimism. Diplomacy can move us forward.
🎙️ @spacewatch.bsky.social
spacewatch.global/2025/09/spac...
At UNIDIR’s #OS25 we tackled lunar risks, commercial pressures, youth voices, and unpredictability in orbit.
I’m still holding onto optimism. Diplomacy can move us forward.
🎙️ @spacewatch.bsky.social
spacewatch.global/2025/09/spac...
Convergence is progress.
That is the message in my new CIGI piece with @vsamsondc.bsky.social reflecting on the #PAROS #OEWG. Convergence needs is also a theme at #OS25 Day Two, touching on cislunar to strategic and commercial space.
🔗 www.cigionline.org/articles/spa...
Convergence is progress.
That is the message in my new CIGI piece with @vsamsondc.bsky.social reflecting on the #PAROS #OEWG. Convergence needs is also a theme at #OS25 Day Two, touching on cislunar to strategic and commercial space.
🔗 www.cigionline.org/articles/spa...
Convergence is progress.
That is the message in my new CIGI piece with @vsamsondc.bsky.social reflecting on the #PAROS #OEWG. Convergence needs is also a theme at #OS25 Day Two, touching on cislunar to strategic and commercial space.
🔗 www.cigionline.org/articles/spa...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They meant sea. But what’s really missing are the C’s: care, communication, consent, clarity, constraints.
More in my latest On Fragile Orbit: onfragileorbits.substack.com/p/from-sea-t...
They meant sea. But what’s really missing are the C’s: care, communication, consent, clarity, constraints.
More in my latest On Fragile Orbit: onfragileorbits.substack.com/p/from-sea-t...
What does this mean, and what should Canada do next? 🧵
What does this mean, and what should Canada do next? 🧵
AI, cyber, quantum tools are reshaping space. Principles alone aren’t enough: we need the “missing middle” of real-world practice.
🛰️ Link: meetings.unoda.org/meeting/7486...
AI, cyber, quantum tools are reshaping space. Principles alone aren’t enough: we need the “missing middle” of real-world practice.
🛰️ Link: meetings.unoda.org/meeting/7486...
But as I follow the #ParosOEWG discussions this week, the themes in Hidden Harms: Human (In)security in Outer Space feel more relevant than ever.
ploughshares.ca/hidden-harms...
But as I follow the #ParosOEWG discussions this week, the themes in Hidden Harms: Human (In)security in Outer Space feel more relevant than ever.
ploughshares.ca/hidden-harms...
I’ve been following along closely, but won’t be able to provide detailed coverage for the rest of the week due to other work (and some cherished family time in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦).
📰 A full overview and analysis will follow next week so stay tuned.
I’ve been following along closely, but won’t be able to provide detailed coverage for the rest of the week due to other work (and some cherished family time in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦).
📰 A full overview and analysis will follow next week so stay tuned.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...