16. Victoria Samson: Constructing International Norms for Space

In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director for Secure World Foundation.  They discuss 'space sustainability,' The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS), the problem of space debris, the construction of international norms through unilateral precedent, bilateral and multilateral fora, the Artemis Accords, arms control theory, the status global counter-space and anti-satellite weapons, classification issues, space traffic management, Space Force roles and missions, and a positive agenda for international cooperation and space norms.
Victoria Samson:
https://swfound.org/about-us/our-team/victoria-samson/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-samson-6338aa13/

SWF:
https://swfound.org/about-us/who-we-are/

CONFERS:
https://www.satelliteconfers.org/
https://www.satelliteconfers.org/publications/

Artemis Accords:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-international-partners-advance-cooperation-with-first-signings-of-artemis-accords

SWF counterspace threat report:
www.swfound.org/counterspace

CSIS counterspace threat report:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/space-threat-assessment-2021

Aerospace report on norms:
https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/Dickey_BuildingNormentum_20210706.pdf

Ploughshares report on norms:
https://ploughshares.ca/pl_publications/report-from-safety-to-security-extending-outer-space-norms/
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA887-2.html
SWF Biden administration briefing book:
https://swfound.org/media/207084/swf_space_policy_issue_briefing_2020_web.pdf

SWF's Handbook for new actors in space:
www.swfound.org/handbook

International Code of Conduct (ICOC):
https://eeas.europa.eu/archives/docs/non-proliferation-and-disarmament/pdf/space_code_conduct_draft_vers_31-march-2014_en.pdf