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Nivedita Raju
Senior Researcher
Nivedita Raju
Nivedita Raju is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction programme. Her recent research focuses on trends in space security, space governance and transparency and confidence-building measures. Additionally, Nivedita is a Project Coordinator on behalf of SIPRI in the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC).
Previously, she was a research fellow at the Open Lunar Foundation, and a research assistant at the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University. Her past research has studied lunar security and cross-border suborbital flights, among other issues related to space law and policy.
Nivedita holds an LLM from McGill University and an LLB from Gujarat National Law University. Prior to her studies at McGill, she practiced law in Mumbai at a firm specializing in aviation, commercial disputes and litigation.
Subject expertise
Space law and policy, space security, international law, feminist legal theory
Regional expertise
India, South Asia, Middle East
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Languages
English, Hindi
Education
LLM in Air and Space Law, McGill University; BA LLB, Gujarat National Law University
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Bringing the space–nuclear nexus into multilateral discussions (Essay, )
- Towards an agenda for gender perspectives in space security (Essay, )
- Russia’s anti-satellite test should lead to a multilateral ban (Essay, )
- Diluted disarmament in space: Towards a culture for responsible behaviour (Essay, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Parameters to Assess Escalation Risks in Space (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2025)
- Escalation Risks at the Space–Nuclear Nexus (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2024)
- Integrating Gender Perspectives into International Humanitarian Law (SIPRI, Stockholm : August 2023)
- The Role of Space Systems in Nuclear Deterrence (SIPRI, Stockholm: September 2023)
- NewSpace and the Commercialization of the Space Industry: Challenges for the Missile Technology Control Regime (SIPRI, Stockholm: October 2022)
- A Proposal for a Ban on Destructive Anti-Satellite Testing: A Role for the European Union (SIPRI, Stockholm: April 2021)
External publications
- Raju, N., 'Ensuring Stability in Lunar Activities', Centre for International Governance Innovation (Oct 2024)
- Raju, N., 'Space security governance: steps to limit the human costs of military operations in outer space', Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog, ICRC (Aug 2023)
- Raju, N., ‘Strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense posture in outer space‘, Space: Exploring NATO’s Final Frontier, eds. Fasola, N. et al, NATO, University of Bologna, IAI (May 2024)
- Wan, W., Raju, N. ‘Strategic Instability across Domains’ Observer Research Foundation GP Series: Future Warfare and Technology (2022)
- Cesari, L., Raju, N. ‘SATCOM on the Ice: Arctic Circle Operations put to the test with Climate Change’ NATO Legal Gazette, Issue 43 (2022)
- Raju, N., Schingler, J. K. and Samson, V., Don't Delay Getting Serious About Cislunar Security, War on the Rocks (July 2022)
- Raju, N., Trends in Lunar Exploration: Exploring the Governance Challenges, Digital Debates, Observer Research Foundation (2021)
- Raju, N., Vertadier, H. ’The Role of Customary International Law in Future Lunar Activities’, Journal of Space Law, Vol. 44, Issue 3 (2022)
- Raju, N., How is lunar security different from space security?, Moon Dialogs Newsletter, September (2021)
- Raju, N., and Kerkonian, A. D., 'The Legal Challenges of International Suborbital Flights: A Bilateral Solution', Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 85, Issue 2 (2020)
- Raju, N., 'Beyond Sex in Sexual Harassment: A Feminist Critique of the Indian Sexual Harassment Act', Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 27, Issue 3 (2020)
- Raju, N., Are We There Yet? Identifying the Crystallisation of Custom through Exploitation of Resources in Outer Space, Annals of Air and Space Law, Vol. XLIII (2020)
- Raju, N., The Impact of Mission Shakti on Space Warfare and Pollution, India in Transition, Centre for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania (2019)