Space is the common property of mankind. Exploring and utilizing space involves the common interests of mankind. Space security needs to be jointly maintained by the international community. However, the United States is constantly accelerating the militarization of space –
Peaceful use of space, don’t go against the rules
■Feng Songjiang
The 75th United Nations General Assembly Disarmament and International SecurityCinemaThe entire Commission (First Committee of the UN General Assembly) voted on November 6 to pass the resolution “Not first deploying weapons in outer space.” The preamble of the resolution reiterates that practical measures should be studied and taken to reach a treaty to prevent the outer air armament and strive to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
United Nations General AssemblyCinemaThe First Committee of the United Nations is an important platform for setting up an international security agenda and is responsible for handling international security affairs such as arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation. The resolution “Not first deploying weapons in outer space” is a traditional resolution of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly and has been passed every year since 2014. It is worth mentioning that the concept of the community with a shared future for mankind was first included in this resolution in 2017, filling the gap in the field of international security in the United Nations, indicating that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind reflects the general expectations of most countries, is in line with the common interests of the international community, and also shows China’s responsibility as a major power.
Space is the common property of mankind. Exploring and utilizing space involves the common interests of mankind. Space security requires the international community to maintain it together. However, under the general trend of the international community working together for it, the United States has once again gone against the trend, not only questioning the resolution “not deploying weapons in outer space first”, but also on the same day the resolution was passed, The US National Interest website, published an article saying that the US “National Interest” “9th Space Delta Force” was assigned to carry out “orbital warfare” mission, mainly conducting surveillance in space and even launching space attacks when necessary. In addition, the article Komiks chapter also pointed out that the US military is already developing laser weapons for space warfare.
From the “National Defense Space Warfare” released by the US Department of Defense not long ago, to the “Top Doctrine” report of the “Space Force” issued by the US Space Force, to the recent performance of the United States in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, the United States’ hegemony of “dominate space” has been further highlighted. The various practices of the United States to accelerate the militarization of space show that it has taken consolidating its absolute dominance in the space field as an important direction of its national strategy. The United States not only clarifies the policy goal of “dominate space like a dominant ball”, but also emphasizes that space is the same combat domain as traditional land, sea and air. It is accelerating the strategic adjustment of space, reshaping the military power system of space, and fully maintaining its space hegemony.
KomiksThe United States ignores the objective reality of sharing the international community in the field of security, and ignores the promotion of international arms control and the disarmament process and safeguards the global warThe international responsibility of slightly balanced and stable, and seeking absolute dominance in space will inevitably provoke an outer space arms race, hinder the multilateral disarmament process, and threaten human space security and development interests. There is no doubt that the United States is the biggest threat to the current global strategic security and stability.
Faced with severe situations such as increasingly fierce competition in space, increasing unstable factors, and increasingly prominent confrontational characteristics, only by insisting on peaceful use of space and opposing space weaponization and space arms race can we effectively maintain space security and development. China’s contributions to disarmament and peacekeeping in recent years are obvious to all. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind is highly consistent with the United Nations’ concept of common security and peace, which points out the direction for the uncertain world and provides Chinese solutions, which is in line with the common interests of all countries. In the resolution of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, Komiks once again wrote the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, which will surely make new and greater contributions to promoting world peace and development.