This book presents a comprehensive geopolitical analysis of European space activities. By studying outer space as a physical and socio-economic space as well as a military-diplomatic area, the author helps readers understand outer space as a geopolitical environment. The book also offers insights into the behavior and strategies of different actors, with a special focus on the European space strategy and the nature of the European space program and diplomacy.
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Bohumil Dobo is a scholar at the Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and a coordinator of the Geopolitical Studies Research Centre. His main areas of expertise are neomedieval geopolitics, territoriality of non-state actors, and astropolitics.
Inhalt
1.Introduction
2.Outer space as a Physical Space
2.1. Terminology
2.2. Astromechanics movement in outer space
2.3. Space environment
2.4. Celestial bodies
2.4.1.Moon
2.4.2.Mars
2.4.3.Smaller celestial bodies
2.5. Effects on living organisms
2.6. Outer Space as a Physical Space
3.Outer Space as a Military-Diplomatic Field
3.1. Space law
3.2. Space and diplomacy
3.3. Space and warfare
3.4. Space security
3.5. Outer Space as a Military-Diplomatic Field
4.Outer Space as a Socio-Economic Field
4.1. The social importance of space assets
4.2. Space and economy
4.3. Private (and) commercial actors
4.4. Resource extraction and energy from space
4.5. The future of space economy
4.6. Outer Space as a Socio-Economic Field
5.The History of the European Space Program
5.1. Geopolitics of the European integration
5.1.1.Post-Second World War global geopolitics
5.1.2.Geopolitics of the European continent
5.1.3.The Process of European integration
5.2. The history of the European space program
5.2.1.Phase 1 to the Moon!
5.2.2.Phase 2 Crumbling bipolarity
5.2.3.Phase 3 to the Moon?
6.European Astropolitics
6.1. European strategic interests
6.2. Official European space strategy
6.3. European space capabilities
6.4. SWOT
6.4.1.Strengths
6.4.2.Weaknesses
6.4.3.Opportunities
6.4.4.Threats
6.5. Towards the European space strategy
6.5.1.Cooperative nature
6.5.2.Strategic independence
6.5.3.Commercialization
6.5.4.Participation on the new frontier missions
6.6. Europe in outer space
7.Conclusion
