Support is growing for a specific kind of multilateral space agreement that borrows heavily from the Bush administration's own preferences. The mechanism in question is a Code of Conduct for responsible spacefaring nations that could either take the form of political compacts or executive agreements among like-minded states that wish to continue to enjoy the national security and economic benefits that satellites provide.
Michael Krepon critiques the new National Space Policy, arguing that "[r]esponsible space-faring nations do not engage in practices that make satellites more vulnerable, and they do not foreclose a Code of Conduct to help secure the vital services that satellites provide."
Michael Krepon answers seven questions about current U.S. plans to deploy space weapons.
This paper discusses NMD's potential "cascading effect" upon the China-South Asia nuclear balance as well as other possible repercussions in Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.