In this episode of the IISS Arms Control Primer, host Alex Bollfrass is joined by Dr Erin Pobjie, Senior Fellow for Space at the IISS and Mallory Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of The Council on Strategic Risks, to examine the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
They discuss the Cold War origins of the treaty’s ban on nuclear weapons in orbit, the loopholes it leaves open and the pressures it faces today, from concerns about a Russian nuclear anti-satellite weapon to US and UK plans for orbital weapons and the rapid growth of commercial space. Rather than amending the treaty, the guests argue for making fuller use of its existing principles and of international law.
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