DISCUSSION ON COUNTERSPACE TRENDS (CSIS/SWF), Apr 25, 2025, virtual, 2:00 pm ET

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Secure World Foundation (SWF) will hold their annual joint event to discuss global counterspace trends on April 25, 2025 beginning at 2:00 pm ET.  The virtual event will be livestreamed on the CSIS website.

Both publish annual assessments of global counterspace capabilities: CSIS’s Space Threat Assessment 2025 and SWF’s Global Counterspace Capabilities Report 2025.

More information and registration instructions are on the event’s website, which says:

Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Aerospace Security Project and Secure World Foundation (SWF) on Friday, April 25 at 2:00pm ET for a discussion about the latest counterspace weapons trends. The conversation will follow the publication of annual counterspace reports by each organization: CSIS’s Space Threat Assessment 2025 and SWF’s Global Counterspace Capabilities Report. The virtual event will have two parts and be live-streamed from this webpage.

The first part is a panel discussion moderated by Kari A. Bingen, Director of the Aerospace Security Project, which will feature Clayton Swope, Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project; Victoria Samson, Chief Director of Space Security and Stability at SWF; and Dr. Laetitia Cesari, Researcher and Legal Practitioner. A second panel, moderated by Makena Young, Fellow with the Aerospace Security Project, will feature representatives from industry and government to discuss trends in satellite behaviors and the impact of those trends on space safety and security.