The Militarization of European Space Policy

ISBN-13: 9781032137445 / Twarda / 2023 / 216 str.

Opis

This book is focused on militarisation as the nucleus of EU space policy and the interrelatedness of European security, industrial competitiveness and military capabilities in the shaping of this policy.

Recenzje

‘The militarization of space still needs to be better understood in its political, economic, and legal dimensions. This book provides new essential and innovative responses.’

Prof. Kai-Uwe Schrogl, President, International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

‘In the shadow of great power competition in space, pan-European perspectives provide a middle-of-the-road alternative. In this deeply provocative and thoughtful text, the authors confront the need for a unified European space defence policy in an increasingly defined space warfighting domain while preserving as much of the peaceful, shared responsibility of a space-dependent world as is plausible.’

Dr. Everett Dolman, US Air Force’s Air War College (AWC) and the US Space Force’s West Space Seminar (WSS)

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I. The Conceptual & Strategic Dimension  1. Militarisation and Space: Constructing Space as Location  2. Europe’s ‘Defensive Militarisation’ of Space: Space in The Context of the EU’s Emerging Military Agenda  3. The Militarisation of Outer Space: A European Perspective  4. From Fragmented Space to the Space University Institute  Part II. Actors, Issues & Interests  5. Outer Space, Debris and the Militarisation of Space  6. The European Space Industry as a Driving Force for Militarisation  7. Italy’s Space Policy: Between Domestic Preferences and European Policies  8. The Case of Luxembourg: A New Role for The Melians?  Part III. The Global Dimension  9. From Space Situational Awareness to Space Domain Awareness: Examining Rhetorical and Substantive Transitions in the U.S. Approach to Space Security  10. China and India as Rising Powers and the Militarisation of Space  11. Military Strategy in Outer Space: A Call to Arms Control  Conclusion: A European Third Way in Space

O autorze

Thomas Hoerber is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies, Director of the EU*Asia Institute at ESSCA School of Management, Angers, France. He is the author/editor of fifteen books.

Iraklis Oikonomou is an independent researcher based in Athens, Greece. He holds a PhD in International Politics from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK. He is the editor of four books.