Aaron Bateman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4431480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron Bateman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | Bateman |
| SIGNATURE | BATEMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
U.S. Space Power and Alliance Dynamics in the Cold War
U.S. space power has long been anchored to terrestrial geography. In the Cold War, the United States depended on a global network of facilities to track and communicate with military, intelligence, and civilian satellites. But it was difficult to secure access to foreign territories that were both in view of satellites as they passed overhead and politically reliable. Drawing on declassified Australian, British, and U.S. documents, this article d…
The weakest link
The arrival of the nuclear age highlighted the inadequacy of U.S. and allied information networks for transmitting vital messages across the globe. Submarine cables could be cut and radio easily jammed. U.S. and allied officials looked to emerging space technologies to compensate for the inadequacies of radio and submarine cables and to reduce their dependence on terrestrial telecommunications hardware. But satellites were also vulnerable and ins…
A Short History of Space Security
This chapter provides a brief, whirlwind tour of international space security as it developed—primarily as a feature of US-Soviet rivalry—during the Cold War. With special attention devoted to anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, the chapter charts the development of US and Soviet military space policy and the concurrent achievements of multilateral space diplomacy at the United Nations. It argues that the first epoch in space security (1957–1991) can …
Information security in the space age
Britain initiated its Skynet satellite communications program in 1966 to provide assured connectivity with its forces across the world. Using recently declassified documents, this article reframes the history of British space activities by elucidating how the requirements for flexible and secure defense communications shaped U.K. space policy during the Cold War. Although Skynet inaugurated a communications revolution, it was the product of the l…
Hunting the Red Bear
Secret partners
Satellite reconnaissance emerged as an irreplaceable source of U.S. intelligence during the Cold War. The vast resources required to build intelligence satellites quickly transformed space reconnaissance into an industrial-scale activity. Though satellite reconnaissance primarily served policymakers in Washington, two of its critical nodes for research, development, and operations were in Sunnyvale, California and Rochester, New York. In both pla…
Trust but verify
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union implemented multiple arms control treaties that depended on National Technical Means (NTM) for verification. Since NTM included covert satellite reconnaissance systems that gathered a sizeable portion of American intelligence on the USSR, the US government kept the details about its NTM ambiguous. Consequently, US diplomats had to negotiate a verification framework dependant on NTM witho…
Keeping the Technological Edge
In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan established the Strategic Defence Initiative [SDI], a research effort to develop the technologies for land- and space-based missile defence. This programme quickly unleashed anxieties about an arms race in space. Superpower military space activities were of significant concern to Britain because they had direct bearing on two key areas of its national security: space-based intelligence collection and the cre…
Mutually assured surveillance at risk
In the early 1970s, Moscow and Washington had established a satellite verification regime to monitor arms control treaty compliance. Satellites had become a primary source of transparency and stability in superpower relations. Yet by the end of the 1970s, both the United States and the USSR were developing anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons that could destroy observation satellites. This article uses recently declassified archival documents to show th…
Intelligence and alliance politics
In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan called upon American scientists to develop a capability to render nuclear weapons “impotent and obsolete.” The president’s speech led to the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an effort to develop a missile defense system with interceptors on land and in space that Reagan hoped would lead to a nuclear-free world. SDI quickly became a contentious subject in American-Soviet relations and among…
Technological Wonder and Strategic Vulnerability
The pursuit of advanced technologies to expand national power is one of the defining aspects of the Cold War. Certainly, states throughout history have attempted to harness technological change to
Mutually assured surveillance at risk
In the early 1970s, Moscow and Washington had established a satellite verification regime to monitor arms control treaty compliance. Satellites had become a primary source of transparency and stability in superpower relations. Yet by the end of the 1970s, both the United States and the USSR were developing anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons that could destroy observation satellites. This article uses recently declassified archival documents to show th…
Keeping the Technological Edge
In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan established the Strategic Defence Initiative [SDI], a research effort to develop the technologies for land- and space-based missile defence. This programme quickly unleashed anxieties about an arms race in space. Superpower military space activities were of significant concern to Britain because they had direct bearing on two key areas of its national security: space-based intelligence collection and the cre…
Information security in the space age
Britain initiated its Skynet satellite communications program in 1966 to provide assured connectivity with its forces across the world. Using recently declassified documents, this article reframes the history of British space activities by elucidating how the requirements for flexible and secure defense communications shaped U.K. space policy during the Cold War. Although Skynet inaugurated a communications revolution, it was the product of the l…
Trust but verify
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union implemented multiple arms control treaties that depended on National Technical Means (NTM) for verification. Since NTM included covert satellite reconnaissance systems that gathered a sizeable portion of American intelligence on the USSR, the US government kept the details about its NTM ambiguous. Consequently, US diplomats had to negotiate a verification framework dependant on NTM witho…
Technological Wonder and Strategic Vulnerability
The pursuit of advanced technologies to expand national power is one of the defining aspects of the Cold War. Certainly, states throughout history have attempted to harness technological change to
Intelligence and alliance politics
In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan called upon American scientists to develop a capability to render nuclear weapons “impotent and obsolete.” The president’s speech led to the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an effort to develop a missile defense system with interceptors on land and in space that Reagan hoped would lead to a nuclear-free world. SDI quickly became a contentious subject in American-Soviet relations and among…
Keeping the Technological Edge
In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan established the Strategic Defence Initiative [SDI], a research effort to develop the technologies for land- and space-based missile defence. This programme quickly unleashed anxieties about an arms race in space. Superpower military space activities were of significant concern to Britain because they had direct bearing on two key areas of its national security: space-based intelligence collection and the cre…
Mutually assured surveillance at risk
In the early 1970s, Moscow and Washington had established a satellite verification regime to monitor arms control treaty compliance. Satellites had become a primary source of transparency and stability in superpower relations. Yet by the end of the 1970s, both the United States and the USSR were developing anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons that could destroy observation satellites. This article uses recently declassified archival documents to show th…
Secret partners
Satellite reconnaissance emerged as an irreplaceable source of U.S. intelligence during the Cold War. The vast resources required to build intelligence satellites quickly transformed space reconnaissance into an industrial-scale activity. Though satellite reconnaissance primarily served policymakers in Washington, two of its critical nodes for research, development, and operations were in Sunnyvale, California and Rochester, New York. In both pla…
Trust but verify
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union implemented multiple arms control treaties that depended on National Technical Means (NTM) for verification. Since NTM included covert satellite reconnaissance systems that gathered a sizeable portion of American intelligence on the USSR, the US government kept the details about its NTM ambiguous. Consequently, US diplomats had to negotiate a verification framework dependant on NTM witho…
A Short History of Space Security
This chapter provides a brief, whirlwind tour of international space security as it developed—primarily as a feature of US-Soviet rivalry—during the Cold War. With special attention devoted to anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, the chapter charts the development of US and Soviet military space policy and the concurrent achievements of multilateral space diplomacy at the United Nations. It argues that the first epoch in space security (1957–1991) can …
Information security in the space age
Britain initiated its Skynet satellite communications program in 1966 to provide assured connectivity with its forces across the world. Using recently declassified documents, this article reframes the history of British space activities by elucidating how the requirements for flexible and secure defense communications shaped U.K. space policy during the Cold War. Although Skynet inaugurated a communications revolution, it was the product of the l…
Hunting the Red Bear
U.S. Space Power and Alliance Dynamics in the Cold War
U.S. space power has long been anchored to terrestrial geography. In the Cold War, the United States depended on a global network of facilities to track and communicate with military, intelligence, and civilian satellites. But it was difficult to secure access to foreign territories that were both in view of satellites as they passed overhead and politically reliable. Drawing on declassified Australian, British, and U.S. documents, this article d…
The weakest link
The arrival of the nuclear age highlighted the inadequacy of U.S. and allied information networks for transmitting vital messages across the globe. Submarine cables could be cut and radio easily jammed. U.S. and allied officials looked to emerging space technologies to compensate for the inadequacies of radio and submarine cables and to reduce their dependence on terrestrial telecommunications hardware. But satellites were also vulnerable and ins…
Political science (10 works) · Cold war (8 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Space exploration and regulation (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · National security (6 works) · Satellite (6 works) · Computer security (4 works)