Book Launch: War and Peace in Outer Space

Date & time

24 March 2021 9:00am - 10:00am

Venue

via Zoom Webinar

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Event description

This book launch will be co-hosted by the Secure World Foundation, the Australian National University (ANU)’s Centre for International and Public Law, Harvard University’s Department of the History of Science, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law. It will discuss many of the issues raised in War and Peace in Outer Space, as well as examine how the current international security scene is shaped by the topics raised in the book.

This volume examines the growing weaponization of outer space and the potential for a space-based conflict in the very near future, and options for space diplomacy. It features contributions from a range of experts, including academics, military lawyers, military space operators, aerospace industry representatives, diplomats, and national security and policy advisors from Canada, Europe, and the United States. The book explores the moral and legal issues of space security and the military uses of outer space.

Moderator: Shashank Joshi, The Economist

Speakers:

Air Commodore Philip Gordon, Director General Air Defence and Space, Royal Australian Air Force

Matthew Hersch, Harvard University

Victoria Samson, Secure World Foundation

Cassandra Steer, ANU College of Law

Speakers

Distinguished Professor Asmi Wood, Australian National University Associate Professor Hannah McGlade, Curtin University Professor Megan Davis AC, University of New South Wales Associate Professor Harry Hobbs, University of New South Wales Associate Professor Sarah Moulds, University of South Australia Professor Emeritus Simon Rice, University of Sydney Dr Bill Swannie, Australian Catholic University Dr Liz Allen, Australian National University Distinguished Professor Suvendrini Perera, Curtin University Professor Dorota Gozdecka, University of Helsinki Associate Professor Jennifer Nielsen, Southern Cross University Dr Will Sanders & Dr Francis Markham, Australian National University Professor Dominique Allen, Monash University Assistant Professor Alice Taylor, Bond University Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton, Australian National University Professor Beth Goldblatt, University of Technology Sydney Associate Professor Cristy Clarke, University of Canberra