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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. |
Author(s):
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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Author(s):
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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Iranian Satellite Launch a Chance for Cooperation and Diplomacy
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| February 6, 2009 |
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| Iran’s first launching of a satellite into space to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution has resulted in wide international criticism. However, this could also present an opportunity for the West, explain WSI Program Officer Todd Fine and Mehdi Jedinia, an Iranian journalist and writer for Washington Prism.
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Todd Fine
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Mehdi Jedinia
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New DOD Report on "Air Force Programs" Released
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| January 28, 2009 |
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| The new financial year 2008 report by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation titled, "Air Force Programs," is now available.
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Author(s):
Victoria Samson
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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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Author(s):
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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Building Transparency in Space
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| August 7, 2008 |
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| CDI Director Theresa Hitchens has an op-ed called “Building Transparency in Space,” in the July 26, 2008, edition of Space News. She argues that the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense should be more open-minded about industry ideas regarding sharing space situational awareness data. |
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