Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Space security

Russian and Chinese Responses to U.S. Military Plans in Space

Pavel Podvig and Hui Zhang — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:57:16 -0500

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences called upon Pavel Podvig and Hui Zhang to consider what consequences would develop if the United States continues to pursue the weaponization of space and how China and Russia would respond, and what would be the broader implications for international security.

The Minimum Means of Reprisal: China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age

Jeffrey G. Lewis — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Jeffery Lewis examines patterns in Chinese defense investments, strategic force deployments, and arms control behavior to assess China's nuclear strategy.

Space Security 2006

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500

"The only resource of its kind, Space Security 2006 provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of space security based on analysis of past trends and 2005 developments...."

Weapons in Outer Space

William S. Marshall — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500

"TENSIONS IN the United Nations over space-based weapons ran to new heights recently when the United States delivered a hard-line statement on its right to develop such weapons...."

Space Weaponization and Space Security: A Chinese Perspective

Hui Zhang — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0600

"...China is worried about how U.S. space weaponization plans might affect Chinese national security, international security, and protection of the space environment...."

Action/Reaction: U.S. Space Weaponization and China

Hui Zhang — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600

"Chinese officials have expressed a growing concern that U.S. space and missile defense plans will stimulate a costly and destabilizing arms race...."

Act Now to Stop a Space Arms Race

Hui Zhang — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500

"While the US views — and characterises — these weapons as defensive, to China and to many other countries the construction of such a system looks more like the development of the Death Star spaceship in the Star Wars film series...."

Space Security 2004

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0500

The Space Security Index (SSI) is a tool for policy-makers, space actors and the public which assesses the impact of developments related to space upon security security.

The U.S. Weaponization of Space: Chinese Perspectives

Hui Zhang — Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Presentation at the Nuclear Policy Research Institute Conference:
Full Spectrum Dominance: The Impending Weaponization of Space,
Warrenton, Virginia, May 16–17, 2005.

Chinese Perspectives on the Prevention of Space Weaponization

Hui Zhang — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0600

This paper was written for the conference "The Challenge of Hiroshima. Alternatives to Nuclear Weapons, Missiles, Missile Defenses, and Space Weaponization in a Northeast Asian Context" organized by INESAP and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation on October 8-11, 2004, in Hiroshima, Japan.

China's ASAT Capabilities: As a Potential Response to US Missile Defense and 'Space Control' Plans

Hui Zhang — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0500

"China is concerned about U.S. missile defense and "space control"plans, which would lead to weaponization of outer space and stimulate a costly and destabilizing arms race. China is further concerned that the US missile defense program, as currently advertised, would neutralize China's strategic nuclear deterrent...."

Space Weapons: Crossing the U.S. Rubicon

Bruce DeBlois, Richard Garwin, R. Scott Kemp and Jeremy Marwell — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0500

The utility of space weapons to protect U.S. satellites, establish control of space, and project global force projection is constrained by three principal factors: “high cost, considerable susceptibility to countermeasures, and the availability of cheaper, more effective alternatives.” Based on these findings, the authors suggest that U.S. national security interests would be better served by an international regime that bans space weapons.

How to Stop Nuclear Terror

Graham Allison — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0600

President Bush has called nuclear terror the defining threat the United States now faces. He's right, but he has yet to follow up his words with actions. This is especially frustrating since nuclear terror is preventable. Washington needs a strategy based on the "Three No's": no loose nukes, no nascent nukes, and no new nuclear states.

Can Saddam Be Contained? History Says Yes

John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt — Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0600

"A successful war might trigger a wave of democratic reforms in the Arab world, but a bitter anti-American backlash is more likely."

Protecting America's Freedom in the Information Age

Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Zoe Baird, James L. Barkdale and Philip D. Zelikow — Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0500

Markle Foundation Task Force report on Protecting America's Freedom in the Information Age

FMCT and PAROS: A Chinese Perspective

Hui Zhang — Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0500

"China has numerous serious security concerns about US space weaponization proposals and missile defense plans. These concerns would directly affect China's attitude toward the FMCT negotiations...."

Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future

Dr. Ashton B. Carter and Dr. John P. White — Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 -0500

Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threaten our military's effectiveness.

Star Wars Redux? Ashton Carter on Missile Defense

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Mon, 08 May 2000 00:00:00 -0500

May 8, 2000

An interview with Dr. Ashton B. Carter; Carter discusses the prospects for an American National Missile Defense system.

Defining NATO's Purpose

Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Dr. William J. Perry and Hilary D. Driscoll — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0600

Article examining NATO's past, present, and future for the Eisenhower Institute

Testing Weapons in Space

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Sat, 01 Jul 1989 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Ashton B. Carter's article in Scientific American

The Relationship Between the Defense and Commercial Technology Bases

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Tue, 28 Feb 1989 00:00:00 -0600

February 28, 1989

Testimony by Dr. Ashton B. Carter

Analyzing the Dual Use Technologies Question

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Wed, 01 Feb 1989 00:00:00 -0600

Discussion Paper by Dr. Ashton B. Carter

Does Strategic Defense Breed Offense?

Thu, 01 Oct 1987 00:00:00 -0500

Occasional Paper from the Center for Science and International Affairs

Crisis Stability and Nuclear War

Thu, 01 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0600

Book by Ashton Carter, Desmond Ball, Hans Bethe, Bruce Blair, Paul Bracken, Hillman Dickinson, Richard Garwin, Kurt Gottfried, David Holloway, Henry Kendall, Lloyd Leavitt, Jr., Richard Ned Debow, Condoleezza Rice, Peter Stein, John Steinbruner, Lucja Swiatkowski, and Paul Tomb.

Current and Future Military Uses of Space

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Mon, 01 Dec 1986 00:00:00 -0600

Journal Article by Dr. Ashton B. Carter

The Relationship of ASAT and BMD Systems

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Thu, 31 Jan 1985 00:00:00 -0600

Article by Dr. Ashton B. Carter in Daedalus

Satellites and Anti-Satellites: The Limits of the Possible

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Sat, 01 Sep 1984 00:00:00 -0500

Article by Dr. Ashton B. Carter in International Security

Ballistic Missile Defense

Dr. Ashton B. Carter and David N. Schwartz — Fri, 01 Jun 1984 00:00:00 -0500

Book edited by Ashton B. Carter and David N. Schwartz

Directed Energy Missile Defense in Space

Dr. Ashton B. Carter — Sun, 01 Apr 1984 00:00:00 -0600

Report by Dr. Ashton B. Carter for The Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress

MX Missile Basing

Tue, 01 Sep 1981 00:00:00 -0500

The purpose of this study is to identify MX basing modes and to assess the major advantages, disadvantages, risks, and uncertainties of each.