Biography
Julia Balm is a PhD candidate in the Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) in the School of Security Studies, King’s College London.
She holds a fully-funded FASI studentship from 2020-2023. Her thesis builds a theoretical framework for the New Space Age and examines the needs and motivations of space strategy. The result of this research project is a space power strategy that utilizes interdisciplinary methods.
Julia holds an MA in Non-Proliferation and International Security from King’s College London as well as an Honours BA from the University of Toronto.
Research Interests
- Space Security
- Space Strategy
- Deterrence
- Cosmist Philosophy
- Nuclear Proliferation and Non-Proliferation
- Missile Proliferation and Defence
- New Space Age
Supervisors
Recent Publications
- War in Ukraine: One Year On, February 2023: SPACE AND CYBER DIMENSIONS IN RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE, JULIA C. BALM AND EVA-NOUR REPUSSARD https://www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/assets/war-in-ukraine-one-year-on.pdf
- The IR's first year: One giant leap for UK space power first year: One giant leap for UK space power https://www.kcl.ac.uk/the-irs-first-year-one-giant-leap-for-uk-space-power
- RUSI: Evaluating the UK’s Defence Space Strategy https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/evaluating-uks-defence-space-strategy
- Deciphering the National Space Strategy: Cloudy with a chance of cohesion https://www.kcl.ac.uk/freeman-air-and-space-institute-3
- The important role of space in modern-day warfare https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-important-role-of-space-in-modern-day-warfar
Research
Freeman Air and Space Institute
Freeman Air & Space provides independent, original knowledge and analysis of air and space power issues.
News
Collaboration, innovation and integration: Freeman Institute attends DSEI 2023
In September, members of the Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) attended the biennial Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event.
The important role of space in modern-day warfare
The invasion of Ukraine has shown how new technologies are now used alongside more traditional means of waging war. This new podcast episode explores how...
The risks and benefits of emerging technologies in the space power domain: Space Situational Awareness Warfare and Mediating Space Security
The Freeman Air and Space Institute publish two papers on space which look at the way space and satellites globally connect the world in very distinct – and...
Features
The strategic edge of sovereign space launch
Why is the UK's space launch important, and how does it impact national security and strategy?
Deciphering the National Space Strategy: Cloudy with a chance of cohesion
Does the UK National Space Strategy enable the development of a 'meaningful approach' to space for the UK?
Research
Freeman Air and Space Institute
Freeman Air & Space provides independent, original knowledge and analysis of air and space power issues.
News
Collaboration, innovation and integration: Freeman Institute attends DSEI 2023
In September, members of the Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) attended the biennial Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event.
The important role of space in modern-day warfare
The invasion of Ukraine has shown how new technologies are now used alongside more traditional means of waging war. This new podcast episode explores how...
The risks and benefits of emerging technologies in the space power domain: Space Situational Awareness Warfare and Mediating Space Security
The Freeman Air and Space Institute publish two papers on space which look at the way space and satellites globally connect the world in very distinct – and...
Features
The strategic edge of sovereign space launch
Why is the UK's space launch important, and how does it impact national security and strategy?
Deciphering the National Space Strategy: Cloudy with a chance of cohesion
Does the UK National Space Strategy enable the development of a 'meaningful approach' to space for the UK?