Geopolitics
The Orbital Iron Curtain: How Space Debris Weaponizes Inequality Against the Global South
Orbital debris is becoming a geopolitical weapon of passive denial, redrawing boundaries of sovereignty through the threat of Kessler Syndrome. This represents a catastrophic failure of global governance that threatens to entrap humanity in a new Iron Curtain of our own making, disproportionately harming the Global South's rightful access to space.
