Nimra Javed
Biography
Publications
Nimra Javed is a Research Officer at the Center for International Strategic Studies AJK, working on Emerging Technologies. She holds an MPhil Degree in Strategic Studies from National Defence University, Islamabad. She has contributed to National and International publications such as South Asian Voices, The Diplomat, Australian Institute of International Affairs, The Governance Post, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.
Data centres in space won’t escape conflict on Earth
The trickier issue is governance – how these assets will be treated once they become part of a contested space environment.
The commercialisation of space surveillance
A US push to use commercial satellites for space surveillance raises hard questions about who controls strategic knowledge.
The real battle for the Moon’s resources is here on Earth
Pre-market contracts could decide lunar governance before mining starts and usher in a new age of “resource colonialism”.
A nuclear reactor on the Moon will be a turning point
Competing visions for lunar governance are dividing Washington and Beijing as nuclear technology enables permanent space-based mining and manufacturing operations.
