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Theresa Hitchens
on April 12, 2021 at 4:13 PM
Deborah Lee James
WASHINGTON: The US should push hard to overhaul the entire international legal framework for outer space including replacing the foundational 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST), a new report from the Atlantic Council says.
As it moves to do so, the US also should more aggressively court allies with an eye to establishing a “collective security alliance for space” among likeminded countries to “deter aggression” and defend “key resources and access.”
“The 1967 Treaty is dated. It was written, literally, in a different era,” said former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James in an Atlantic Council briefing today. “At present it is too broad, and in some cases it’s probably overly specific.” ....

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