The Militarization of European Space Policy

Thomas Hoerber (ESSCA, France), Iraklis Oikonomou

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English

Routledge
30 October 2023

EU & European institutions; Theory of warfare & military science; Air forces & warfare; Defence strategy, planning & research

Series: Space Power and Politics

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

The EU and key member states have increasingly joined the US, China and Russia, among others, in regarding space assets as critical military, as well as economic, industrial, and technological, enablers. This book tackles this issue by, first, shedding light on the military aspects of EU space policy, with special emphasis on the security and defence dimensions of projects such as Galileo, Copernicus, Space Situational Awareness, and Satellite Communication. In this context, contributors confront the empirical aspect of developments, including the role of different institutional actors and the involvement of specific member states. Further, the volume analyses the discursive, ideological, normative, and theoretical foundations of the use of space by the EU for strategic purposes, drawing on the broad spectrum of European integration/International Relations theory. Last, but not least, the volume discusses initiatives outside the EU by key global space players, with an emphasis on the US and transatlantic space relations. All chapters maintain a solid empirical foundation, in the form of geographical or issue-related focus, with an area-specific emphasis on the EU as a whole, transatlantic relations, the policies of key member states (such as France and Italy), and core space powers such as the US, China and India.

This book will be of much interest to students of space power, security studies, European politics and International Relations.

Edited by: Thomas Hoerber (ESSCA France), Iraklis Oikonomou
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032137445
ISBN 10: 1032137444
Series: Space Power and Politics
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 30 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Militarization of European Space Policy

'The militarisation 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 defense 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)