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Space Security Index 2016 is the thirteenth annual report on developments related to safety, sustainability, and security in outer space, covering the period January-December 2015.  

It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency on space activities and provide a common, comprehensive, objective knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to the security and sustainability of outer space.

Space Security Index 2016 is the thirteenth annual report on developments related to safety, sustainability, and security in outer space, covering the period January-December 2015.  

It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency on space activities and provide a common, comprehensive, objective knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to the security and sustainability of outer space.

Disarming Arctic Security Briefing Paper
by Ernie Regehr, O.C.
Senior Fellow in Defence Policy and Arctic Security
The Simons Foundation
November 10, 2016

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by OpenCanada.org
November 1, 2016

Amb. (Ret) Paul Meyer is Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada; and Senior Fellow in Space Security, The Simons Foundation.

contribution by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow 
The Simons Foundation 
"Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century"
UNODA Occasional Papers - No. 28
October 2016

 

Interview with Dr. Hans Blix
Published by The Asahi Shimbun
October 30, 2016

Dr. Hans Blix, Swedish diplomat, was Chair of The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and is a Peace Leader at The Simons Foundation.

Commentary by Paul Meyer
The Simons Foundation Senior Fellow
Published by The Hill Times
October 28, 2016

Amb. (Ret) Paul Meyer is Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada; and Senior Fellow in Space Security, The Simons Foundation.

Presentation by Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
Founder and President, The Simons Foundation
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Symposium: The Fierce Urgency of Nuclear Zero: Changing the Discourse
Santa Barbara, CA
October 23-25, 2016

Presentation by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Space Security Index side event Tracking Space Security: Are We Ready to Go Live? held during the United Nations General Assembly First Committee
UN Headquarters
October 18, 2016

 

Viewpoint by Jayantha Dhanapala
Published by IDN-InDepthNews a project of the International Press Syndicate Group and the Global Cooperation Council
October 13, 2016

Amb. (Ret.) Jayantha Dhanapala, former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations, is President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and one of The Simons Foundation's Peace Shapers as a previous recipient of The Simons Foundation Award for Distinguished Global Leadership in the Service of Peace and Disarmament.