Kuan-Wei Chen
Mr. Kuan-Wei (David) Chen is the Managing Editor of the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (McGill Manual, https://www.mcgill.ca/milamos/) .
Kuan-Wei was formerly the Executive Director of the McGill Centre for Research in Air and Space Law (2017-2022), Editor of the Annals of Air and Space Law (2012-2015), and a Sessional Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. He served as the Co-Chair of the Ad-Hoc Remote Sensing Space Systems Act Advisory Committee, and has been an invited speaker at conferences organised by United Nations on several occasions.
A native of Taiwan, he holds an undergraduate degree in Law and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, an LLM (cum laude) in Public International Law from Leiden University and an LLM in Air and Space Law from the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.
Opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not represent the opinion or views of the Institute of Air and Space Law or other institutions the author is affiliated with.
Latest articles by Kuan-Wei Chen
Outer space is not the 'Wild West': There are clear rules for peace and war
By Kuan-Wei Chen, Bayar Goswami, Ram S. Jakhu, Steven Freeland published
Our increasing reliance on space infrastructure makes modern economies increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of accidents and unlawful or irresponsible acts in space.
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