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Some  bits of good news -  Brazil – Major win for the protection of Indigenous Rights. Indonesia – Deforestation halted on Awyu Indigenous Lands TOP STORIES      It’s Time to Admit the Truth About the War in Ukraine—and Course Correct. People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The “World’s Largest Arms Fair”.   Canada’s Honoring of Nazi Veteran Exposes Ottawa’s Longstanding Ukraine Policy. The…

The long-standing goal of preventing an arms race in outer space could be slipping away OPEN CANADA, BY: PAUL MEYER / 24 SEPTEMBER, 2023 It has become a challenge these days to keep up with the exponential growth in the number of satellites orbiting this planet. Current estimates of active satellites are upwards of 6000 with tens of…

"Despite the focus on diplomacy and governance and references to 'humanity,' it’s not a warm and fuzzy policy," Jessica West, of Canada's Project Ploughshares, explained. "It is firmly rooted in national interest — which is fair."

Moscow has charged that Starlink is directly enhancing the ability of Ukrainian forces to target weapons on Russian forces.

The first annual conference of the Swiss Space Law Forum, titled “Space Law: Key Principles and Swiss Perspectives”, took place at the...

Though even global rivals had substantive discussions this time, "I imagine that it will start to get spicier," an allied expert said of the next meeting of the UN group that will focus on threatening behavior by military space operators.

WASHINGTON: The Russian military’s jamming of GPS signals and communications satellites in Ukraine is considered by the US government as essentially a routine wartime activity, according to a senior State Department official. Judging from actual real world actions during recent conflicts around the globe, Washington and Moscow appear to be on the same page with this issue — a good thing for avoiding conflict between the two nuclear powers. But there may be a growing disconnect between th...