The Global Network’s annual Keep Space for Peace Week comes at a time when the Trump administration is moving to spend trillions of ‘unavailable dollars’ on his new pet project – Golden Dome. We are now facing the latest twist in the big-tech agenda for war in and from space. Pistol Pete Hegseth has declared that the US must dominate space and has no ‘interest in orbital equity or orbital parity’ and of course this will cost the Earth in more ways than one. More information here

The International Conference on War, Energy Crisis and Global Instability: India’s Strategic Response (ICWEGI 2026) is organised by the Centre for International Law and Policy (CILP), School of Legal Studies, REVA University, Bengaluru, in collaboration with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA). The conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for academicians, researchers, policymakers, diplomats, legal experts, industry professionals, and students to deliberate on the rapidly evolving global geopolitical landscape and India’s strategic role in addressing contemporary international challenges. The contemporary global order is undergoing a profound transformation driven by armed conflicts, geopolitical rivalries, economic uncertainty, energy insecurity, climate...