Chris Borgen

Law prof. and Co-Director of St. John's Law School Center for International and Comparative Law. RTs are not endorsements.

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

My new essay at @Articles_of_War concerning Russia's alleged program to develop nuclear ASATs and how that relates to broader debates about weapons in space. https://t.co/xlPy2eNb1F

[Articles of War @Articles_of_War]

Current debates over the use of ASATs show areas of regulatory overlap, explains @Chris_Borgen in today's post examining the #law applicable to #Russia's alleged development of a nuclear weapon for use as an ASAT. https://t.co/dKoI8CKVa6

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

Damn it. Prof. Hegel’s class is at the same time as Dr. Schopenhauer’s class and I need to take both to graduate

[Penelope Ridings @pj_ridings]

This is hugely significant: "Japan has decided to take the position that it is permissible to preserve the existing baselines and maritime zones established in accordance with (UNCLOS) notwithstanding the regression of coastlines". This is of real & existential assistance to PICs

[Aurel Sari @aurelsari]

The Chinese MFA has released a statement about the balloon. Some nifty lawyering going on. The statement declares (a) that the Chinese "unmanned airship" entered into US airspace unintentionally and unexpectedly, due to force majeure; (b) that China respects the sovereignty /1

[LeoLabs @LeoLabs_Space]

Too close for comfort... 😳

Two large, defunct objects in #LEO narrowly missed each other this morning — an SL-8 rocket body (16511) and Cosmos 2361 (25590) passed by one another at an altitude of 984km. 🚀⚠️ #SpaceDebris

[CNSA Watcher @CNSAWatcher]

🛰️Amid “Chinese Spy Balloon”, keep in mind China has far more capability to conduct surveillance with satellites rather than possibly just a stratollite balloon. Even the commercial Jilin1 can provide sub-m image/video services, not to mention state-owned Yaogan & Shijian series.

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

I'm happy to note that @mdezwart and I have an essay about space activities and national security in the new ABA online anthology on the transformation of national security law. https://t.co/St0vogbsPy

[Gabriel @Monkeybane_DC]

Rwanda and Nigeria have signed the #ArtemisAccords. The first two African states but I doubt the last. A big deal and demonstrates their #spacepolicy leadership on the continent. #spacelaw

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

@ProfKristenBoon @CambridgeUP Congratulations!

[Christopher Johnson @ChrisJohnsonEsq]

Good article. I disagree with John Logsdon, however. #SpaceLaw https://t.co/GgFlX9Te12

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

@Ahdieology Congratulations!

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

@Steven_Hill_Law @iijmalta Congratulations!

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

The draft resolution seeking an ICJ advisory opinion on obligations related to climate change can be found here: https://t.co/Eed8g4Nh5A 2/2

[Chris Borgen @Chris_Borgen]

Vanuatu and other states are seeking an advisory opinion on climate change obligations. There's a theme song: maybe the first time the phrase "International Court of Justice, an Advisory Opinion on human rights and climate change" has ever been sung? 1/2 https://t.co/bwiP9Izigh

[Frank Langfitt @langfittnpr]

This is what Mariupol looked like this time last year.

[Margaret Satterthwaite @SRjudgeslawyers]

I'm pleased to share my new Twitter account, focused on my work as UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.

Please RT and share with those who may be interested, and subscribe to my newsletter here: https://t.co/axJbP6tSnf.

[Nicu Popescu @nicupopescu]

This morning a part of a Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defences landed in the Moldovan village of Naslavcea on the Ukrainian border.

There were no casualties; the shock wave shattered windows of several residential houses.

[Jess Lis 🛰 @jessicaxlis]

All of this happened in the space industry this week… 🧵

And no, we’re not going to talk about Elon + Twitter 🙃(0/16)

[Catherine Belton @CatherineBelton]

After Ukraine, Moldova is the next country to face pressure from Russia: "The Russians are “doing all they can to turn the lights out,” a Western official said. “They don’t need to do much more than that to destabilize the Moldovan government.” https://t.co/8om5ciNeY2