Space Arms Control or Space Behavior Control? The Competition between American and Chinese Ideas of an International Space Order
Journal: Pacific Focus
Year: 2023

The weaponization and battlefieldization of outer space is becoming increasingly evident. China and the United States have obvious differences in their proposals for maintaining space security. China advocates a legally binding international treaty according to international law to limit outer space armament based on multilateralism with the framework of the United Nations at its core. The United States advocates establishing voluntary rule‐based agreements within the allied system as rules for