... deal with the problem at its root, we need to apply a more comprehensive approach.
Evgeniya Drozhashchikh:
Space Economy—Space Security Nexus: In Search for Common Ground
The good news is that it is not too late to start multilateral negotiations on space-related matters. Over the last 20 years, China and Russia promoted the idea of complete demilitarization of outer space. On February 12, 2008, the two nations submitted a draft treaty on banning weapons in outer space to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament. According to Beijing and Moscow, the Treaty ...
Russia and China as prominent spacefaring nations could contribute to the understanding of the space economy—space security nexus, utilizing existing levers to make space diplomats and space companies agree upon acting in a mutually beneficial, sustainable manner
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Washington reacted nervously to Beijing’s progress. On January 14, 2004, the George W. Bush administration announced a new space exploration program that involved expedited research of Solar System planets and manned missions to the Moon and Mars. Russia, the ESA, China, and even Japan followed suit with major space programs of their own. Experts began talking about a second space race, hinting at the Soviet-American rivalry of the 1960s.
For a number of years, the space powers attempted to behave in the spirit of the 1960s. They engaged in heated competition ...
... BRICS leaders express willingness [
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] to prevent arms race in space and renew negotiations on non-deployment of weapons and non-militarization. The BRICS representatives stand for peaceful joint activities connected with the effective common use of space technologies. Since the mid-2000s Russia and China have persistently sought for devising confidence-building measures in outer space to provide collective security and prevent space militarization/weaponization and presented their position during the UN sessions.[1] The most determined attempts ...
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And it should be noted that Russia has the potential for developing private astronautics. Of course, this potential reflects the state and the capabilities of the domestic market, but it is clearly superior to what we see today in Japan, China or India, where there is little ground for even mentioning private space programs. The point at issue is private enterprises created by the Russian scientific community. The first such undertaking worth mentioning is the Selenokhod
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research team, which in December 2013 participated in the “Google Lunar X-Prize” contest for creating and sending a completely private robot ...
