How might maritime law help explain future military and legal problems in space?
Short answerHe expects space to become strategically contested because, like the sea, it has legal ambiguity and occupies valuable high ground.
NotesThis 2020 discussion anticipates legal and strategic problems for the US Space Force. Space, like the sea, contains areas where ownership, passage, and government action are not simple. States also seek to control valuable high ground. Legal ambiguity in space could therefore become strategically important as military activity expands.