Starlink and the Seven Dwarfs circleid.com/posts/starli... Starlink's satellite ISP domination echoes IBM's past supremacy in computing. Geopolitical divides, advancing rivals, Musk & Trump's controversies, etc., suggest its lead will narrow as competitors gain ground in a fragmented global market.

🚀 New Publication: “The EU’s dual policy dilemma: Orbital sustainability & digital autonomy intertwined” - Satellite Internet: Trust & Data Governance project (with @kuleszaj.bsky.social), funded by ISOC Foundation. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #IRIS2 #satcom @isocfoundation.bsky.social

It’s published! 🚀 Our (kuleszaj.bsky.social) open‑access book on the Global Governance of LEO Satellite Broadband is now available. Huge thanks to @isocfoundation.bsky.social and to every author & collaborator who shaped this journey. Dive in and explore: www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wu...

Call open! Join us at the Summer School on Internet Governance & Intl Law (22–26 Sept. 2025, Łódź). Focus: #satellite #connectivity #disasterrelief #internationallaw. Apply 👉 www.cyber.uni.lodz.pl/en/ssigil25 Deadline: 1 Sept. 2025 @kuleszaj.bsky.social

Long March 12 launches first Guowang satellites developed by a private firm spacenews.com/long-march-1... via @SpaceNews_Inc Guowang is on a roll -- 3 launches in 9 days! circleid.com/posts/guowan... @bernaagur.bsky.social

Two updates at the end of the post on China's Guowang internet service constellation. circleid.com/posts/guowan... 400 large satellites will be launched by 2027, and China seeks cooperation (BRICS) while the US seeks isolation. @bernaagur.bsky.social‬

My most recent piece for the Conversation: Katy Perry and her fellow space tourists weren’t exceptions – humanity has long cared about interplanetary style theconversation.com/katy-perry-a...

🚨 Just out: Policy brief on the #EUSpaceAct 🚀 I teamed up with Jamal Shahin to unpack its regional impact and what it might mean for EU space governance. Special thanks to Kai-Uwe Schrogl for his comments on an earlier draft.📖 Dive in: cris.unu.edu/regional-bal... #IISL

A space revolution is coming The 21st century will be the century of space. Europe needs to be at the forefront The #SpaceAct and Vision for the European Space Economy, proposed today by the Commission, will help ensure that #EUSpace 🇪🇺 Full remarks⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

There are many technical, practical, and financial reasons OneWeb can’t come close to replacing Starlink in Ukraine, but OneWeb could complement it. circleid.com/posts/oneweb... @bernaagur.bsky.social

Join the GigaNet 2025 Symposium on Feb 18 & 20 on modern intersections of tech advancements and global policy. Co-founded by IGL Co-director, @derrickcogburn.bsky.social, the GigaNet is an international team of internet governance scholars. Access online sessions: www.giga-net.org/giganet-onli...

Sam Jardine, Lunar Ledger Stakeholder Lead, breaks down his key takeaways from the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee in Vienna. Key topics include the UN’s liquidity crisis, Space Traffic Management, and lunar governance. www.openlunar.org/blog/un-upda...

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New publication: Pre-order Propaganda in the Digital Age! Irem Caglar Gurgey and I contributed the chapter "Global Connectivity and State Authority: Legal and Policy Perspectives on Information Control" to this excellent book, edited by Prof. Yahya R. Kamalipour: www.bloomsbury.com/us/propagand...

Standards and normative frameworks ensuring the interoperability of space suits can make space travel safer. I wrote for the Conversation: Modern spacesuits have a compatibility problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it theconversation.com/modern-space... @qmul.ac.uk

Our online dialogue session today at #RightsCon25 will feature distinguished speakers @alenaaaaaa.bsky.social, @danyork.bsky.social, @lawyerpants.bsky.social, and @kuleszaj.bsky.social. We will discuss the evolving role of satellite connectivity in conflict zones.

If there were any lingering doubts about whether #IRIS2 is essential to the EU's strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty, this news will remove most. @kuleszaj.bsky.social @zielwasser.bsky.social @alenaaaaaa.bsky.social @lpress.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/us-...