UN debates space weapons as new details emerge on Russian nuclear satellite axios.com/2024/05/06/un-…

🥁 Our new Nuclear Notebook on US nuclear arsenal is out. Warhead numbers are largely unchanged (except for dismantlement of retired), but lots of developments on modernization, operations and secrecy:

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Watch Mike Bareja, Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her, Vikram Singh, Yuka C Koshino | 越野 結花 & Rudra C at #Raisina QUAD Think Tank Forum

Raisina Dialogue

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As long as the great power rivalry between the #US & #China persists and China continues to utilise these advanced technologies for sharpening the #PLA ’s combat power, it is unlikely that the US will slow down on these export control curbs: Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/25921

Prof. Sandeepa Bhat and I write for the Observer Research Foundation on ‘Promoting Investment in Space Matters, but Having a Law Matters More’. Special thanks to Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her!

orfonline.org/research/promo… via ORF

The pace of growth in the #Australia - #India strategic relationship is quite impressive, but #NewDelhi ’s hesitance on hard #security issues may hamper further developments, highlights Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/26698

#Cybersecurity on its own has become a serious issue for policymakers across different regions, especially in ones that have embraced digitalisation at a rapid pace in the post- #COVID period, notes Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/26443

Lots of good questions during my conversation on the #UNSC Resolution on #nukes in space with SpaceWatch.Global. The video is online!

But: for those wanting to hear directly from U.S. officials, watch the CSIS Aerospace Security interview with Mallory Stewart below:

csis.org/events/nuclear…

Great and interesting thread by Pavel Podvig on yesterday's announcements by Mallory Stewart.

Here's Russia's submission to the Registration Convention on Cosmos-2553 for those interested.
unoosa.org/oosa/en/osoind…

Xi’s Europe visit shows the EU needs an economic intelligence service – an op-ed for ⁦Euractiv⁩ ⁦Institut Montaigne_EN⁩ euractiv.com/section/china/…

As long as the great power rivalry between the #US & #China persists and China continues to utilise these advanced technologies for sharpening the #PLA ’s combat power, it is unlikely that the US will slow down on these export control curbs: Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/25921

The pace of growth in the #Australia - #India strategic relationship is quite impressive, but #NewDelhi ’s hesitance on hard #security issues may hamper further developments, highlights Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/26698

#Cybersecurity on its own has become a serious issue for policymakers across different regions, especially in ones that have embraced digitalisation at a rapid pace in the post- #COVID period, notes Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/26443

#Russia ’s new escalation in #Ukraine - significant use of Chemical Weapons (CW) including choking agents.

How will the west respond and if they fail to respond adequately, will that embolden #Putin to use blister or nerve agents? Russia will continue to push the limits absent a…

Secretary Blinken calls for Taiwan to be reinstated as an observer at the World Health Assembly. state.gov/taiwan-as-an-o…

Heard today the view from a knowledgable German friend that getting pork import restrictions lifted was the only tangible deliverable of Scholz’s China visit. Well it turns out that it is withheld by the Chinese side until Berlin moves on Huawei’s access to German 5G network ⬇️

UN Resolution 2758 did not establish as a matter of international law, the PRC’s “One China” principle. Watch GMF Indo-Pacific 4/29 event with the State Dept's China Coordinator & DAS Mark Lambert, who delivered a clear statement of US policy on this issue. youtu.be/bUU_P-QQ3vc?si…

As long as the great power rivalry between the #US & #China persists and China continues to utilise these advanced technologies for sharpening the #PLA ’s combat power, it is unlikely that the US will slow down on these export control curbs: Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/25921

Infusion of major power competition & rivalry has exacerbated the complexities in outer space. #Space seemed somewhat immune to great power rivalry for a couple of decades, after the competition between the #US & the erstwhile #SovietUnion ended, Raji Pillai, PhD she/ her or-f.org/26443

NEW: Huawei, the Chinese telecom blacklisted by the US, is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington DC-based foundation.

Proud to share my first article for Bloomberg:
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