On 20 October, SIPRI, together with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized a side event at the 78th session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The event explored the nexus between outer space and nuclear weapons, including how developments in outer space can impact potential pathways to nuclear use.
This webinar brings together a distinguished panel of space, missile and export control experts from research, industry and policy to discuss the challenges the NewSpace industry poses to missile non-proliferation and export controls.
On 9–13 May 2022 Nivedita Raju, Researcher in the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, participated in the first substantive session of the United Nations open-ended working group on reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours.