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The Folly of Overreaction to North Korea
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| March 23, 2009 |
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| The recent speculation and hasty conclusions drawn from North Korea's preparation for another ballistic missile launch are lacking in analysis of the fact that the DPRK already possesses other missiles in its arsenal capable of reaching South Korea and Japan, explains CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson in the March 18, 2009 issue of the Rome News-Tribune. |
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Victoria Samson
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Obama Administration Needs to Direct Oversight in Space Policy and Spending
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| March 18, 2009 |
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| The vast growth in space budgets should be monitored and re-assessed by Obama and his policy advisers, explain CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson and Laura Peterson in a March 16, 2009 commentary in Space News. |
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Victoria Samson
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A Chronology of Iran's Space Activities
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| February 17, 2009 |
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| CDI Research Assistant Jenny Shin presents a chronology of Iranian space-related activities in this historical timeline spanning the regime of the Shah through the Islamic revolution to the recent launch of Iran's first domestically built satellite into space, the Omid. |
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Jenny Shin
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An Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2009 (FY 09) Defense Budget
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| December 19, 2008 |
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| CDI Research Assistant Beau Rizzo outlines the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Budget and charts the major appropriations and program spending authorized by Congress.
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Beau Rizzo
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New Policy Briefing Book Released for Presidential Transition Teams
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| December 5, 2008 |
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| The "2009 National Security and Nonproliferation Briefing Book" was prepared by the Peace and Security Initiative and released in November 2008. Included in the briefing book are the pieces "Taking Nuclear Forces Off Day-to-Day Alert," by WSI President Bruce Blair and CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson, and "Missile Defense," by CDI Senior Adviser Philip Coyle.
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Victoria Samson
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Space-Based Missile Defense Still Uncertain Despite MDA's Support
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| October 6, 2008 |
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| The controversial space-based missile defense program appears to have found an initial way through fiscal year 2009 (FY 09) debates in Congress, yet its future remains unclear despite the Missile Defense Agency's intention to fund it. CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson explains in "Space-based missile defense: Yes? No? Maybe so?" - which appeared on a University of Mississippi School of Law blog, Res Communis. |
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Could U.S. Missile Defense Policy Restrict Access to ISS?
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| October 1, 2008 |
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| The retirement of NASA's shuttle fleet is pending in 2010, with the replacement Ares/Orion booster-spacecraft combination not due to be ready until 2015. The United States relies on Russian spacecraft to service the International Space Station (ISS). However, due to diplomatic tensions between both nations over U.S. missile defense plans for Eastern Europe and the crisis in Georgia, this arrangement may well be in jeopardy, explains CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson. |
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Victoria Samson
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Countdown to Air Force Cyber Command Stopped
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| August 29, 2008 |
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| Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER) was intended to become operational Oct. 1, 2008, but the launch of this controversial command has been halted. The Air Force's new leadership has wisely decided to evaluate the command's mission, capabilities and size to be sure that if continued, it will be a reasonable and legitimate command. Although all efforts related to AFCYBER have been suspended, many Air Force officials are confident the command will continue. The Air Force's new Chief of Staff along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff should have a decision on AFCYBER this month. CDI Research Assistant Chelsea Dilley analyzes this recent halt in Air Force Cyber Command development. |
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DARPA Engaged in Potential Space Weapons Development
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| August 4, 2008 |
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| The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is engaged in research related to space-based weapons development according to its fiscal year 2009 (FY 09) budget justification documents. CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson outlines these potential weapons programs in her analysis, "DARPA's Potential Space Weapons Programs." |
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The Next Great Space Debate
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| August 1, 2008 |
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| In a recent article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, CDI Director Theresa Hitchens takes a critical look at this year's annual session of the UN Committee for Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which ended on June 20 without making key decisions on major security issues that face the global space community. |
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