Outer Space in the Media Space: How Russian and Chinese News Media Present the Commercialization and Militarization of the Space Domain
Authors: Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Randy Kluver (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Ethan Stokes (University of Alabama) Report Preview This report details Russian and Chinese media presentations of operations and intentions in the space domain to their respective populations. These presentations provide us insight into how members of these nation states understand their government’s […]
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Contested Space Operations, Space Defense, Deterrence, and Warfighting: Summary Findings and Integration Report
Contested Space Operations, Space Defense, Deterrence, and Warfighting: Summary Findings and Integration Report Authors: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI, Inc.); Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.); and LTG (RET) Bob Elder (George Mason University) Summary of Findings Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois, NSI and Dr. Robert Elder, GMU The following are key findings from eleven quantitative, qualitative, and simulation […]
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Mind Space: Cognition in Space Operations
Mind Space: Cognition in Space Operations Author: Dr. Nick Wright (Intelligent Biology) Executive Summary To conduct deterrence operations, or manage escalation, requires anticipating how others will decide to respond to our actions. Anticipating your adversary is imperative for offense or defense. Thus, it is crucial to understand audiences’ decision-making. But how can you put yourself […]
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Malicious Non-state Actors and Contested Space Operations
Malicious Non-state Actors and Contested Space Operations Authors: Rachel Gabriel (Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)) and Barnett Koven (START) Executive Summary This report provides an analysis of potential threats to space-based systems posed by non-state actors. It places particular emphasis on the need to consider the space domain as part of a […]
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The Clash of Sectors: Why Public Private Partnerships Can Reduce ‘Coerced Cooperation’ in Commercial-Government Joint Ventures
The Clash of Sectors: Why Public Private Partnerships Can Reduce ‘Coerced Cooperation’ in Commercial-Government Joint Ventures Authors: Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. John Stevenson (NSI, Inc.) Abstract Many experts believe that one of the best investments to expand opportunities for United States’ multi-and cross-domain dominance lies in the successful joint investment of the United […]
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Space Virtual Think Tank Summary Overview
Effects of Investment on Pathways to Space Security Author: George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Introduction Over the past year, the Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA)2 team employed NSI’s Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa®) methodology to reach out to a global network of space subject matter experts (SMEs) from across academia, industry, government, and national security space to elicit […]
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Vladimir Putin’s Worldview and Perspectives on Space
Vladimir Putin’s Worldview and Perspectives on Space: An Analysis of Public Discourse Authors: Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary A corpus of Vladimir Putin’s speeches was drawn from his official Kremlin website. The corpus was examined using semi-automated discourse analysis to gauge Putin’s concerns with space and how these […]
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Kim Jong Un’s Worldview and Perspectives on Space
Kim Jong Un’s Worldview and Perspectives on Space: An Analysis of Public Discourse Authors: Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary A collection of Kim Jong Un’s speeches from 2012 to 2017, translated and published online by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) were examined using semi-automated discourse analysis […]
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Chinese Worldview and Perspectives on Space
Chinese Worldview and Perspectives on Space: An Analysis of Public Discourse Authors: Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) Executive Summary Corpora from three sources were examined using semi-automated discourse analysis to gauge the Chinese government’s concerns in the space domain and how these interests are articulated with general political and cultural […]
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Allocation of Commercial Space Industry Components
Effects of Investment on Pathways to Space Security Authors: Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.) and Dr. Sabrina Polansky (Pagano) (NSI, Inc.) [Q8] How are the components of the commercial space industry allocated outside of the US? Which countries have which types of market interests on the commercial end (e.g. tourism, imagery, navigation etc.)? Summary Response […]
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