Resource List

By Ernie Regehr, O.C.
2011

Ernie Regehr is Research Fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Fellow of The Simons Foundation of Vancouver, and co-founder of Project Ploughshares.

Remarks by Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
on the 25th Anniversary of the Reagan/Gorbachev Reykjavik Summit
Global Zero Summit
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
October 11-12, 2011

By Paul Meyer
Published in the Simons Papers in Security and Development (copyright Paul Meyer, 2011)
School for International Studies,
Simon Fraser University
July 2011

Paul Meyer is a Fellow in International Security at the Centre for Dialogue,Simon Fraser University, and Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation.

Conference Report
April 4-5, 2011


Space Security 2011: Building on the Past, Stepping towards the Future is the tenth annual conference held by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) on the issue of Space Security, the peaceful uses of outer space and the prevention of an arms race in outer space.  

This conference was organized by UNIDIR in collaboration with Secure World Foundation and with support from The Simons Foundation and the governments of Canada, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America.

 

Commentary by Amb (Ret'd) Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper
November 9, 2011

September 2011
Copyright 2011 Spacesecurity.org
Edited by Cesar Jaramillo

The Space Security Index is the first and only annual, comprehensive, and integrated assessment of space security.

Space Security 2011 is the eighth annual report on trends and developments related to security and outer space, covering the period January to December 2010.1 It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency with respect to space activities and provide a common, comprehensive knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to space security.

The definition of space security guiding this report reflects the express intent of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that space should be preserved as a global commons to be used by all for peaceful purposes:

“The secure and sustainable access to, and use of, space and freedom from space-based threats."

This broad definition encompasses the security of space as a particularly unique environment, the security of Earth-originating assets in space, and security from threats originating in space-based assets. The primary consideration in the SSI definition of space security is not the interests of specific national or commercial entities using space, but the security of space as an environment that can be used safely and sustainably by all.

For more information, please visit www.spacesecurity.org

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
Lester B. Pearson Building
Ottawa, ON, Canada
February 17, 2011

The Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation (GRA) is a joint programme of The Simons Foundation and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) in 2003.  The primary objective of the Awards is to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.

Opinion by Amb (Ret'd) Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 19, 2011

By Paul Meyer
Published in the Canadian International Council's International Journal
Summer 2011

Paul Meyer is a Fellow in International Security at the Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, and Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation.