Subject(s): INTERNATIONAL SECURITY -- SPACE WEAPONS -- SPACE DEBRIS -- MILITARY POLICY -- UNITED STATES -- RUSSIAN FEDERATION -- ANTISATELLITE SYSTEMS. -- ARMS LIMITATION -- DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS -- SPACE LAW -- Space security -- Relevance and urgency of preventing the weponization of and an arms race in outer space -- Elements of national/multilateral political, legal or legislative instruments for regulating weapons in space -- Space surveillance, monitoring and compliance of international instruments -- Russian federation's priorities in the field of expanding international cooperation in the use of outer space -- How to use space : technical guidelines -- Military goal, Military mission envisioned for space weapons: Missile defence, Space-based weapons to defend satellites, Using space-based weapon to attack other satellites -- Military and political assessment of the consequence of weapons deployment in outer space -- Prevention of the weaponization of and an arms race in outer space -- Legal approach to common security in outer space : solution to outer space weaponization issues -- Legal foundation and essential treaty elements for a system of common security in outer space -- Approaches to regulating weapons in space -- Some Considerations about the verification issues of preventing outer space weaponization -- Adequate verification: Space-based weapon ban -- Engaging the reluctant superpower; practical measures for ensuring space security -- Preventing the weponization of space; US grand strategy and the domination of space -- Effective way to preserve the security and prevent an arms race in outer space to negotiate and conclude an international legal instrument at an early date