The new Oxford Handbook of Space Security, published March 12, 2024, features prominent contributions from Elliott School faculty.
In the Handbook, editors Saadia M. Pekkanen and P.J. Blount gather key scholars to theorize the development and governance of space security and analyze current pressure points. Space security is in a period of great transition as new technologies emerge and states openly pursue counterspace capabilities. Bringing together scholarship from leading experts, the Handbook explains how these contemporary changes will affect future security in, from, and through space. Among those leading experts are Elliott's own Aaron Bateman, John J. Klein, Peter L. Hayes, and Scott Pace.
Space Policy Institute Director and Professor of Practice Pace pens a chapter on "US National Security Interests in Space"; Assistant Professor Bateman co-authors "A Short History of Space Security" with Stephen Buono; Professorial Lecturer John J. Klein contributes "Newspace and New Risks in Space Security" with Nickolas J. Boensch; and Professorial Lecturer Peter L. Hays writes "Enabling National Security Through Space: Intelligence and Communications" with James J. Wirtz. For more, check out the book and the Elliott School Book Launch Series, which hosts an event on the Handbook on May 1, 2024.