1st Edition
The Militarization of European Space Policy
Introduction
Thomas Hoerber and Iraklis Oikonomou
PART I
The Conceptual & Strategic Dimension
1 Militarisation and Space: Constructing Space as Location
Lorna Ryan
2 Europe’s "Defensive Militarisation" of Space: Space in the Context of the EU’s Emerging Military Agenda
Frank Slijper
3 The Militarisation of Outer Space: A European Perspective
Pascal Legai
4 From Fragmented Space to the Space University Institute
Thomas Hoerber
PART II
Actors, Issues & Interests
5 Outer Space, Debris and the Militarisation of Space
Isabelle Sourbès-Verger
6 The European Space Industry as a Driving Force for Militarization
Iraklis Oikonomou
7 Italy’s Space Policy: Between Domestic Preferences and European Policies
Antonio Calcara
8 The Case of Luxembourg: A New Role for the Melians?
Helen Kavvadia
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
Mariel Borowitz
10 China and India as Rising Powers and the Militarisation of Space
Dimitrios Stroikos
11 Military Strategy in Outer Space: A Call to Arms Control
Jessica West
Conclusion: A European Third Way in Space
Thomas Hoerber
Biography
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.
‘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)
