Safeguarding Space for All

Security and Peaceful Uses

Author(s): Jeffrey Lewis, Jonathan Dean, Michael Krepon, Theresa Hitchens, Jürgen Scheffran, Lucy Stojak, Thomas Graham, James C Moltz, Götz Neuneck, André Rothkirch
Publisher(s): United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva, Switzerland
ISBN: 92-9045-174-2
Date of publication: 2005
Issue number: 20
Pages: 136
Series: UNIDIR Books and Reports

Description: This publication summarizes proceedings from a conference on security and peace in outer space, held in Geneva from 25–26 March 2004. It explores ways for the US and international community to ensure that outer space remains a non-threatening environment for peaceful use by all. It discusses topics including space security, means to guarantee space security and assurance, international legal approaches to outer space regulation, the role of disarmament, and the importance of transparency and confidence building measures.

General note: © 2004 United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

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Chapter/Sections:

• Conference Report
• Space Weapons in the 2005 US Defence Budget Request
• The Current Legal Regime Governing the Use of Outer Space
• Space Assurance or Space Weapons
• Space Debris
• Risk Reduction and Monitoring in Outer Space
• Space and Security
• The Law and the Military Use of Outer Space
• Restraint Regimes for Space
• Incentives for Space Security