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ID132721
Title ProperCriteria for developing and testing transparency and confidence-building measures (TCBMs) for outer space activities
LanguageENG
AuthorMartinez, Peter ;  Crowther, Richard ;  Marchisio, Sergio ;  Brachet, GĂ©rard
Publication2014.
Summary / Abstract (Note)space systems play an important role in sustaining the development, prosperity and security of many nations. As more nations become critically reliant on space systems, questions of maintaining safety and strategic stability in outer space have come to the fore. Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBMs) for outer space activities have an important role to play in providing clarity about the intentions of States and in articulating norms of behaviour in outer space. TCBMs take several forms. They may be the elaboration of basic principles related to the exploration and use of outer space, political measures related to establishing norms of conduct, information-sharing activities to improve the transparency of outer space activities, operational practices which demonstrate a commitment to mutual cooperation in outer space, or consultative mechanisms. We present an analytical framework for evaluating potential TCBMs and illustrate the application of this framework to examples of potential operational, regulatory, treaty-based and declaratory TCBMs.
`In' analytical NoteSpace Policy Vol.30, No.2; May 2014: p.91-97
Journal SourceSpace Policy Vol.30, No.2; May 2014: p.91-97
Key WordsSpace Security ;  Space Sustainability ;  Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures - TCBMs ;  Space Activities ;  Space System ;  Strategic Stability ;  Political Measures ;  Transparency ;  Mutual Cooperation ;  Consultative Mechanisms ;  Analytical Framework ;  Space Treaty ;  International Collaboration