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Space for Diplomacy
by Spaceport SARABHAI
Space for Diplomacy™ is a podcast hosted by Dr. Susmita Mohanty, the trailblazing Director General of Spaceport SARABHAI, India’s foremost space policy think tank.Each episode features in-depth conversations with former heads of space agencies, senior diplomats who have shaped international treaties, eminent legal minds advising governments, and leading technologists at the forefront of innovation — exploring complex, ever-evolving themes such as geopolitics, technology diplomacy, international cooperation, and all things space.The podcast tracks the rise of eastern space powers, fractures in multilateral institutions, and the growing influence of private industry. Its mission is to critically revisit the 20th-century space narrative and craft a new one — balanced across hemispheres and attuned to shifting geopolitics, power realignments, and a new world order.
Episodes
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09. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Aarti Holla-Maini
Dr. Susmita Mohanty in conversation with Aarti Holla-Maini, joining from Vienna, to discuss the role of United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA), repercussions of orbital crowding, space traffic management and access to space for all. ### Bio: Aarti Holla-Maini Director, United...
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08. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Tanja Masson-Zwaan
Dr. Susmita Mohanty in conversation with Dr. Tanja Masson-Zwaan, joining from the Hague in the Netherlands, about UN space treaties, multilateral space governance, role of arbitration and dispute resolution, export controls, satellite interference, space debris mitigation mechanisms and space...
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07. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Ranjana Kaul
Dr. Susmita Mohanty in conversation with Dr. Ranjana Kaul, joining from New Delhi, about UN space treaties, challenges of consensus-building in UN-COPUOS, India’s space law journey, mega constellations, Artemis and space resources. Episode recorded in June 2026. Space for Diplomacy is a podcast...
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06. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Juan Francisco Salazar
Dr. Susmita Mohanty in conversation with Juan Francisco Salazar, joining from Sydney, about socio-technical imaginaries, media anthropology, cultural responses, social studies, ethics, ecology in the context of Outer Space, and analogue extreme environments here on Earth - such as Antarctica and...
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05. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Victoria Samson
A conversation with Victoria Samson, joining from Washington DC, about Space Security and Sustainability, US Golden Dome missile defence, Nuclear weapons and arms control, Counterspace tech and the future of space warfare. Biography: Victoria Samson Victoria Samson is the Chief Director, Space...
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04. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Arup R. Dasgupta
A conversation with Dr. Arup R. Dasgupta about the impact of US sanctions and ITAR on India’s space program, India’s focus on socio-economic development, India’s policy of non-alignment and strategic autonomy, ISRO’s cooperation with NASA, CNES, DLR, ESA and JAXA. Biography: Dr. Arup R. Dasgupta...
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03. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Steven Freeland
A conversation with Prof. Steven Freeland about the relevance/obsolescence of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the 1979 Moon Agreement, space resources, competing legal regimes, rules-based governance, geopolitical rivalry and lunar futures. Biography: Steven Freeland Steven Freeland is Emeritus...
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02. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Arun K. Singh
A conversation with Ambassador Arun K. Singh about technology as a currency for diplomacy, the evolving contours of the Indo-US partnership and Indo-French tech cooperation. Biography: Arun K. Singh Indian Ambassador to the United States (2015-2016) Indian Ambassador to France (2013-2015) Indian...
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01. Space for Diplomacy: Susmita Mohanty with Rakesh Sood
A conversation with Ambassador Rakesh Sood about nuclear technology, non-proliferation, disarmament, export controls and the evolving global threat portfolio. Biography: Rakesh Sood Rakesh Sood joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976, serving initially in Brussels, Dakar, Geneva, and Islamabad…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Space for Diplomacy™ is a podcast hosted by Dr. Susmita Mohanty, the trailblazing Director General of Spaceport SARABHAI, India’s foremost space policy think tank.Each episode features in-depth conversations with former heads of space agencies, senior diplomats who have shaped international treaties, eminent legal minds advising governments, and leading technologists at the forefront of innovation — exploring complex, ever-evolving themes such as geopolitics, technology diplomacy, international cooperation, and all things space.The podcast tracks the rise of eastern space powers, fractures in multilateral institutions, and the growing influence of private industry. Its mission is to critically revisit the 20th-century space narrative and craft a new one — balanced across hemispheres and attuned to shifting geopolitics, power realignments, and a new world order.
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