Implications of the Space Agreement; A Critique of the Statement of the American President to Exploit Space Resources

ADALAH ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Athari Farhani
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
American President ◽  
Space Law ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Mining Heritage

Abstract:As the world’s population grows increasing demand for the planet’s limited resources, developed countries begin to explore outer space. One of them is the United States through its president statement Donald Trump who will explore and exploit space resources. While the law of space including natural resources contained therein is a shared heritage of mankind. And whether said activities comply with the current provisions of internaional space law?Keyword:  Outerspace, natural resources, mining, heritage of mankind

scholarly journals National appropriation of natural resources in the international space law

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Olesya Andreevna Popova
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
National Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
International Space ◽  
Space Law ◽  
Celestial Bodies

This article examines the problem of international legal regulation of the activity on the use of natural resources in outer space. The author provides the results of analysis of the international outer space treaties, resolutions of the United National General Assembly, reports of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. There is currently no universal international legal regulation of the legal status and regime for the use of natural resources in outer space. The activity on the extraction of natural resources requires the development of corresponding international legal norms. The two alternative positions are being discussed – the concept of the “common heritage of mankind” developed in the international law of the sea, and the Artemis Accords advanced by the United States. The following conclusions were made: the prohibition of national appropriation of outer space and celestial bodies is applicable to the countries and private entities. The International space law does not have explicit ban on the use of space for the purpose of extraction and commercial exploitation of natural resources. However, natural resources are a part of outer space and celestial bodies; therefore, in the absence of special norms regulating their legal status and regime of usage, they should fall under the legal regime established for outer space and celestial bodies. The author observes a trend of development of legal regime for the use of natural resources of outer space on the national level with transition to the international level. The acquired results can be applied in interpretation of the provisions of international space law and development of international norms with regards to legal status and regime of usage of natural resources in outer space.

Australia—The Hidden Jewel

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh K. Joshi ◽  
J.R. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dutch Disease

The twenty-first century is being touted as the Asian century. With its stable economy, good governance, education system, and above all the abundant natural resources, will Australia to take its place in the global economy by becoming more entrepreneurial and accelerating its rate of growth, or will it get infected with the so-called Dutch disease? It has been successful in managing trade ties with fast-developing economies like China and India as well as developed countries like the United States. It has participated in the growth of China by providing iron ore and coal. Because it is a low-risk country, it has enabled inflow of large foreign capital investments. A lot will depend on its capability and willingness to invest the capital available in entrepreneurial ventures, its ability to capture the full value chain of natural resources, and to export the finished products instead of raw materials, while building a robust manufacturing sector.

scholarly journals President Trump’s Declarations on Official Development Assistance: A Change of Policy?

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Michał Zaremba
Keyword(s):  
Development Assistance ◽  
International Aid ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Official Development Assistance ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Donald Trump

For years official development assistance (ODA) has been one of the most important forms of financial assistance provided to developing countries by highly developed countries. Despite the controversy over the effectiveness of assistance, it has become a permanent element of the international aid system. With the election of Donald Trump and one of the key slogans of his campaign – America first – the political climate around official development assistance is changing. The aim of the article is to analyze the role of official development assistance in political declarations of the current president of the United States.

scholarly journals Investment in Space Resources: Property Rights to Natural Resources Extracted in Space and the Position of Iraqi legal system

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Arez Mohammed Sediq Othman
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Private Corporations ◽  
Space Activities

In the second half of the last century, the space activities have increased paralleled with the rapid development in space technology. The greed of giant corporations has exceeded the universe and tried to reach resources outside Earth. Exploring other planets is not something new, while racing to reach the resources outside earth by private space exploration companies as human’s off earth destiny is quite recent. Many nations have plan to reach the moon by 2020 including the United States who has plan to establish a permanent base on moon by 2024. The ambition to reach outer space is not just for the scientific purposes, but rather to exploit resources form space. As long as space is a common sphere among all the nations, there are many treaties signed and ratified to lay down broad rules and principle to organize the area. Mining celestial materials is one of the issues that does not have a legal framework as private companies are eagerly trying to mine materials which are not existed on earth such as Helium three or any other bodies that are scarce on earth. Until now, the international community has not been successful in establishing a solid legal system to regulate outer space activities. Besides, there are attempts by some countries to have particular legislation allowing private companies to extract natural resources. However, technological, economic and military powers of countries are the major factors in exercising the activities outside our planet due to the special nature of such activities. This paper argues that despite the difficulties of having a consensus over a legal framework, there are many other issues that need to be taken into consideration. Further, the perspective of the Iraqi legal system is also examined with regard to the possibility of adopting particular law on outer space activities. It also argues that although the lack of advanced technological skills might avoid countries reaching outer space, it will not prevent states from adopting specific legislation to regulate private corporations’ attempt to explore in this field.        

scholarly journals Sapnis par kosmosa bagātībām – vai kosmosa resursu ieguve ir likumīga?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lūcija Strauta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Commercial Exploitation ◽  
International Space ◽  
National Space ◽  
Space Law ◽  
Celestial Bodies

The paper assesses whether the national legal framework of the United States, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates, which stipulates that space resources can be privately owned, and legalizes the acquisition of space resources for commercial purposes, complies with international space law. The article analyses the scope of space use delineated by the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies and 1979 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, as well as the subsequent national practices after the entry into force of these agreements, national space law, national policies and public statements. The aim of the analysis is to determine whether international space law contains a prohibition of the extraction and commercial exploitation of space resources. The study evaluates national comprehensions of the space law content with regard to the freedom to use space. It yields a conclusion that there is no absolute ban on the commercial exploitation of space resources under international space law.

scholarly journals Is the Resource Curse Thesis Affect Only Least Developed Countries? Examples from Resource-Rich Developed Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harun Bal ◽  
Berk Palandökenlier
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dutch Disease ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Indirect Transmission

Whether the Dutch Disease thesis, which is one of the best-known economic explanations on this subject, which puts forward the thesis that countries rich in natural resources can have negative effects on long-term economic growth, directly or indirectly, depending on the way they are used, is valid or not. tried to be demonstrated. The Dutch disease thesis is one of the main explanations for resource misfortune, emphasizing the negative effects of resource abundance on the national economy in countries with rich resource endowments and pointing to a paradox that economic conditions will be better in countries that do not have relatively little (or scarce) natural resources. is happening. Therefore, in our study, it is aimed to investigate whether resource richness causes an economic recession or not, especially for developed countries by considering indirect transmission channels. In this context, 11 developed countries such as Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Denmark, between 1990 and 2019, are based on the experiences of developed countries, which are especially rich in different sources of Dutch Disease syndrome. The country has been researched with static and dynamic panel analysis methods. As a result of the estimation, findings were found that the Dutch Disease was partially valid in terms of developed country samples throughout the sample period considered.

Challenges and threats to the security of the Visegrad Group countries: intensification of relations with the United States as a means to overcome risks?

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
Karolina Gawron-Tabor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
American President ◽  
The Us ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Visegrad Group ◽  
Visegrád Countries

Since January 2017, when Donald Trump assumed the post of US president, there has been a visible intensification of relations between the United States and the countries from Central Europe, aimed at, for example, counteracting challenges and threats faced by the allies. The objective of the article is to analyze challenges and threats to Central Europe, identified by Donald Trump. He points to the necessity: 1) to strengthen NATO and increase the engagement of European allies; 2) to ensure energy security; 3) to counteract threats from two superpowers – Russia and China. The text addresses how important the challenges and threats identified by the American president have been for individual Visegrad states. The article begins by presenting characteristic features of the foreign policy conducted by Donald Trump’s administration which influence relations between the US and the Visegrad countries. It then analyzes the relations between the US and individual states regarding the previously presented challenges and threats. The article’s thesis is that Poland is the only Visegrad country to perceive all three challenges and threats in a way similar to the US, and thus cooperates with the US in this matter. The work is a comparative analysis based on content and narrative analysis.

Identificación de las estructuras de las Redes del Espacio Profundo de países desarrollados

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 2615-2626
Author(s):  
Erick Antonio Ramos Sánchez ◽  
Amanda Celine Valdés Wood ◽  
Juan José Hurtado Quijada ◽  
Fernando Alfredo King Bernal ◽  
Pedro Antonio Gómez De Hoyos
Keyword(s):  
Outer Space ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Deep Space ◽  
Irreversible Damage ◽  
Deep Space Network ◽  
Space Network ◽  
La Red

Como una de varias acciones para procurar la preservación de la raza humana y su evolución, donde el cambio climático se ha convertido en una crisis ambiental con daños irreversibles en algunos casos, la humanidad continua con la exploración espacial y se prepara para la explotación de recursos en el espacio exterior. La Red del Espacio Profundo o DSN (Deep Space Network) por sus siglas en inglés, es una red internacional de antenas de radio que sirven como apoyo a misiones interplanetarias de naves espaciales, de las observaciones de astronomía de radio y del radar para la exploración del sistema solar y del universo. También sirve de apoyo a misiones en órbitas terrestre y permite el desarrollo, en la tierra, de actividades relacionadas con la seguridad, la salud y la educación, entre otras. Las comunicaciones a través de la DSN son de fundamentales para alcanzar el objetivo de explorar y explotar los recursos del espacio exterior. El objetivo principal de esta investigación es identificar la estructura de las DSN de los países con mayor desarrollo en la materia. Esta fue una investigación cuantitativa, descriptiva con un diseño documental. Los resultados de esta investigación permiten concluir que en los Estados Unidos se está generando el mayor desarrollo de tecnología espacial y de DSN gracias a la incorporación de capital privado. Se debe continuar estudiando y ampliando el conocimiento en el tema dada la importancia para la supervivencia de la humanidad.   As one of several actions to seek the preservation of the human race and its evolution, where climate change has turned into an environmental crisis with irreversible damage in some cases, humanity continues with space exploration and prepares for the exploitation of resources in outer space. The Deep Space Network or DSN (Deep Space Network) for its acronym in English, is an international network of radio antennas that serve as support to interplanetary missions of spacecraft, radio astronomy observations and radar for exploration of the solar system and the universe. It also supports missions in terrestrial orbits and allows the development, on the ground, of activities related to security, health and education, among others. Communications through the DSN are essential to achieve the goal of exploring and exploiting the resources of outer space. The main objective of this research is to identify the structure of the DSN of the most developed countries in the field. This was a quantitative, descriptive investigation with a documentary design. The results of this research allow us to conclude that the United States is generating the greatest development of space technology and DSN thanks to the incorporation of private capital. It should continue to study and expand knowledge on the subject given its importance for the survival of humanity.

scholarly journals The Differentiation of Products and Opportunity for Intra-Industry Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Jean-Sylvain Ndo Ndong
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
World Trade ◽  
The United States ◽  
Improve Product Quality ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
American President ◽  
The World

The financial crisis of the late 2000s gave rise to protectionist hints which called into question the consensus on the liberalization of world trade since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. This trend towards protectionism has taken on new magnitude with the arrival of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America. In fact, since the beginning of 2018, the American administration has carried out its threats by imposing customs duties on imports of the various products from China and the European Union. In retaliation, the countries concerned responded with restrictions on American exports to their territory. Also the rationality of the market economy, there is more and more opposed the power of emotions and impulses embodied by the populists at the head of which D. Trump, the American President. Globalization is therefore required to adapt its rules to survive. The purpose of this paper is to show that for a good adaptation of its rules, it is necessary to activate one of the most powerful levers of gains in international trade, the differentiation of products. This is a response to the exploitation of the diversification and heterogeneity of demand in terms of tastes and incomes. Because, by allowing the firm to differentiate its products to distinguish them from those of competitors, differentiation offers the opportunity to soften competition, increase profits and improve product quality.

American Discontent

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
White House ◽  
American President ◽  
The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
The Right ◽  
American Economy

This book is about how Donald Trump, who had no prior public service, became president of the United States. It argues that Trump capitalized on a wave of increasing public discontent that stemmed from the demise of the country’s Golden Age of prosperity. This involved decades-long trends in the American economy, race relations, ideology, and political polarization, all of which fueled rising discontent across America. It reached a tipping point by the time Barack Obama was elected president. When the 2008 financial crisis hit and Obama was elected the first African American president, he tried to resolve the crisis and fix the nation’s ailing health care system. But in doing so he pushed rising discontent over the edge. Political gridlock in Washington resulted. Discontent skyrocketed. Americans were fed up and looked for a savior. Trump was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and rode that wave of discontent all the way to the White House.

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