War and Peace in Outer Space
Law, Policy, and Ethics
Edited by Cassandra Steer and Matthew Hersch
Author Information
Edited by Cassandra Steer, Lecturer, Australian National University College of Law, and Edited by Matthew Hersch, Associate Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Cassandra Steer is a Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law, specializing in space law and space security. She is a Mission Specialist with the ANU Institute for Space, providing legal and policy advice on a wide range of space science research initiatives. She is an Associate Expert on the Woomera Manual on International Law of Military Space Operations, and has published as well as consulted to the Canadian and U.S. departments of defense on issues of space security and space law. Matthew Hersch is an Associate Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University specializing in the history of aerospace technology. He received his J.D. from New York University and his Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, where he later taught in the School of Arts and Science and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Contributors:
P.J. Blount is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Finance at the University of Luxembourg and an adjunct professor in the LLM in the Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.
Gilles Doucet is the President of Spectrum Space Security Inc.
Laura Grego is a senior scientist in the Union of Concerned Scientists' Global Security Program.
Matthew Hersch is an Associate Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University specializing in the history of aerospace technology.
Theresa Hitchens is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (CISSM).
Joan Johnson-Freese is a Professor and former Chair in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval War College (NWC).
Icho Keolotswe is an independent legal and policy expert in space law. An admitted Advocate of the High Courts of South Africa and Botswana. She is a member of the Johannesburg Bar Council and the Botswana Law Society.
Duncan MacIntosh is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Dalhousie University.
Kiernan McClelland is a PhD student in Political Science at Carleton University.
Paul Meyer is a Senior Fellow in Space Security at The Simons Foundation Canada as well as Adjunct Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Jana Robinson is currently Space Security Program Director at the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI).
Kenneth Smith is a Lieutenant Colonel (as of September 1, 2018) in the United States Air Force, and the Materiel Leader and Program Manager for the Enhanced Polar System satellite acquisition program at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
Cassandra Steer is Lecturer in Space Law at the Australian National University, and a consultant specializing in space security and space law.
Jinyuan Su is Professor and Assistant Dean at Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Law, China.