Abandoning Treaties: Is the Outer Space Treaty Next?
Treaties are being abandoned or violated at an unprecedented rate. Not since the 1930s prelude to World War II have treaty obligations between and among nation-states so alarmingly unraveled. Is the 1967 Outer Space Treaty—the foundation of international space law—next to be dismantled?
October 17, 2019 at 12:00 PM
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Treaties are being abandoned or violated at an unprecedented rate. Not since the 1930s prelude to World War II have treaty obligations between and among nation-states so alarmingly unraveled.
Britain's Brexit speaks history.
Russia, four to five years ago, began violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty by testing a new cruise missile, which it has now deployed. The United States has followed suit, testing a new missile and withdrawing from the Treaty.
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