At Albany Law, Kyle was the Editor-in-Chief of the Government Law Review, Volume 16, a Student Ambassador, and the Treasurer of the Albany Law Rugby Club. He has interned with a variety of offices while at law school, including the chambers of the Honorable Lawrence E. Kahn of the Northern District of New York and at the law firm of Dreyer Boyajian, LLP.
Following the bar exam, Kyle will be working as an Assistant Appellate Court Attorney at the New York Appellate Division, Third Department.
The probability of military confrontation in space has been steadily increasing. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 was groundbreaking in implementing guidelines in outer space. However, with the emergence of advanced weaponry, the Outer Space Treaty may be past its time.
With the newly enacted Space Force by the US Government, one of the greatest concerns that have been prevalent amongst government officials is whether the creation of a new branch of the military is necessary for an arena that has been subjected to nothing but peaceful actions. Many scholars have questioned why the government and White House have backed such an initiative given the number of restrictions that are in place in outer space to prevent conflict, such as the Outer Space Treaty.
The creation of the Space Force has done nothing but increase tension within outer space with rivaling nations attempting to surpass one another, even if that means violating the Outer Space Treaty. While there have been more recent guidelines to ensure the uses of outer space remain peaceful, this paper will illustrate the difficulty of enforcing those guidelines. This paper seeks to analyze the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 and in doing so, understand what can and should be done to keep outer space clear of military conflict.
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