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Space Security Index 2013 is the tenth annual report on developments related to security in outer space, covering the period January to December 2012.  It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency on space activities and provide a common, comprehensive knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to the security and sustainability of outer space.

SSI is a consortium of governmental, non-governmental, and academic organizations that produces the annual Space Security Index. The Governance Group is comprised of representatives from Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, The Simons Foundation, Project Ploughshares, and the Secure World Foundation; and members of the Advisory Board represent the Intelsat General Corporation, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, and HEC Montreal.

The Space Security Index is supported by Secure World Foundation, The Simons Foundation, Project Ploughshares, and the Erin J.C. Arsenault Trust Fund at McGill University.

By Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by EMBASSY
October 23, 2013

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by EMBASSY
October 23, 2013

Opinion by Henrik Salander, Arend J. Meerburg, Miguel Marín Bosch, Paul Meyer, and Zia Mian
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 24, 2013

Excerpt: "The United Nations General Assembly will hold its first-ever high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament this week.The meeting is a recognition by the international community that nuclear weapons remain an existential threat to humankind. And in theory, humankind knows precisely how to deal with nuclear weapons: They must never be used; they must not proliferate to new states; and they must be prohibited and eliminated over the long term. Otherwise, they will eventually be used again.

But why don’t states act on this acknowledged reality?"

Presentation by Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
Celebrating Peace Philanthropy and Furthering Peace Education in the Footsteps of Andrew Carnegie International Symposium
The Hague Peace Palace
September 3, 2013

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow in Space Security and Nuclear Disarmament, The Simons Foundation
Published by thestar.com
September 3, 2013

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by OpenCanada.org
August 21, 2013

Disarming Arctic Security
Briefing paper by Ernie Regehr, O.C.
Senior Fellow in Arctic Security
The Simons Foundation
July 17, 2013

Position papers presented by recipients of the 2012-2013 Graduate Reserch Awards on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
Ottawa, Canada
February 22, 2013

The Vancouver Declaration is the result of a conference convened February 10-11, 2011, in Vancouver, Canada, by The Simons Foundation and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), entitled "Humanitarian Law, Human Security: The Emerging Framework for the Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons," with the purpose to develop the Vancouver Declaration on the legal imperative to eliminate nuclear weapons.