On Fragile Orbits
Jessica WestOn Fragile Orbits offers reflective, practice-based analysis of how space security is governed at the messy edge of technology, power, and risk.
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A Peace Advocate Walks Into a Defence Meeting
Fun fact: I serve on the Defence Advisory Board of the Department of National Defence.
The Board provides independent advice on departmental objectives, often in conversation with senior military leadership. I joined in 2024 following an i...
Space Control Comes to Market
Every spring, the space security community gets a little bit of homework.
Secure World Foundation releases its annual Global Counterspace Capabilities Report. Space Symposium brings a wave of new announcements from governments and industry...
Dual-Use: From Infatuation to Commitment
Industrial policy is having a comeback, led by two words: dual-use. Here in Canada, the phrase appears repeatedly in the new Defence Industrial Strategy. It carries a promise. Defence investment becomes innovation policy. Military spending...
What the Doomsday Clock Can No Longer Measure
I’ll admit I’m a little late to the Doomsday Clock this year. But that delay was deliberate. Rather than trying to catch the headline, I’ve been working to understand what, exactly, the Clock is now telling us…and why the measurement feels...
It’s Okay Not to Run the Marathon
I’ve been told many times that working toward peace and mutual security is a marathon. I was told the same thing about my PhD.
It took me nine years. I changed topics. I changed my reasons for doing it. I had two children and a job. There...
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Writing about fragile infrastructures, political choices, and security logics on Earth and in orbit. Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares; Senior Fellow at CIGI; Fellow at CPA and Queen’s CIDP.
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