As the Space Security Fellow at UNIDIR, Daniel Porras focuses on political / legal issues surrounding space security and, in particular, the progressive development of sustainable norms of behavior for space. He conducts research on the emergence of new technologies and approaches to strategic stability in the outer space. Mr Porras is the resident technical expert for multiple UN bodies working on space security issues. He also advises governments, academia and commercial actors on the subject of such issues as the development of counterspace technology and the application of international law to space activities. He holds an LLM in International Economics Law from Georgetown University Law Center, JD from the California Western School of Law and Bachelor.

Areas of expertise
international space law and policy, space security, emerging technology threats, international law, political science
 

Recent Publications and Current Projects 

• Developing ASAT Test Guidelines: No Debris, Low Debris Notification (Int'l Astro Congress - October 2018)
• ASAT Test Guidelines: a viable option to implement TCBMs  (ORF Space Alerts - August 2018) 
• Update on  An Armed Forces Race in Outer Space (SpaceWatchGlobal Op'Ed - June 2018) 
• A Brief History of the Prevention of an Armed Race in the Outer Space  (Conference on Disarmament - June 2018)
• Space File 2: Toward ASAT Test Guidelines  (UNIDIR - May 2018)