June 1, 2016
Ph.D. Candidates Clint Work and Seonhee Kim have co-authored a piece about the latest developments in South Korea’s space program, highlighting the military and economic logic behind South Korea’s desire to take
May 31, 2016
SSI Junior Fellow Clint Work and Seonhee Kim publish a critical review on South Korea’s space program on Sino-NK, a scholarly collective of Sinologists and Koreanists.
May 31, 2016
Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen gives an insider’s look into how the rise of commercial space players developing smallsats (a.k.a. small satellites) are playing a big role in monitoring activity
May 25, 2016
SSI held a practicum workshop today, focusing on briefing strategies for its SSI Junior Fellows ahead of the Capstone Event to be held on June 8, 2016. Throughout 2015-2016 academic
May 20, 2016
The Space Security Initiative (SSI) will hold its annual Capstone on June 8, 2016 at the University of Washington (UW) Club. In October 2015, the SSI Director, Saadia Pekkanen, recruited
May 17, 2016
Over most of the past decade, Japan has been attempting to galvanize a foothold in the small satellite industry. The nation sees the potential of the technology for both economic
May 10, 2016
Israel’s space program was established in the 1980s in response to security challenges. A shortage of resources forced Israel to focus on miniaturizing the technology and developing small, light satellites
May 2, 2016
Newer, smaller, and potentially transformative businesses are today bringing forth what can best be described as a revolution in space affairs, writes Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in
April 25, 2016
The Space Security Initiative (SSI) Junior Fellows had a working luncheon with Mr. Sean Connell, Director of Business Recruitment at the Economic Development Association of Skagit County, Washington State. As
April 19, 2016
In recent years, small start-ups and technological entrepreneurs have emerged as cutting edge innovators in space-related technology. The sudden growth in private sector innovation in areas such as space launch