Itar And The Security Exception: Lessons For Developing Indonesian Defensive Satellites

Outer space technological development, pioneered by military superpowers including the USA, China, and Russia gives other countries a variety of technologies which they have chosen to use strengthen their national defence. “The higher demand, more expensive it gets.” A country is free choose what technology use, but producer controls who can technology. Policies limit or control space-technology most clearly reflected USA policy, named ITAR (International Trade in Arms Regulation), enables able avail themselves quasi-arbitrary policy like has harmed spirit soul international trade law empowers “free trade” market that happening today’s world. Policy alike made US gripped Indonesia them ‘dependence’ on sophisticated deprived state’s sovereignty technology, eventually. This study analysed this unprecedented subject through lens International Law, especially encompassing related laws GATT (General Agreement Tariffs Trades) precedents WTO (World Organization) DSB (Dispute Settlement Body) judicial decisions. The results analysis law, assisted with dependence theory world-system (1) categorize as violation GATT, specifically Article XXI (b) point (ii) about security exception (2) for future Indonesian outer should utilize clause release itself from atrocities similar policies.