January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... place of military exploitation and economic competition since satellites began flying above the atmosphere. The ‘militarisation of space’ is not a new trend in world politics in the 21st century – it is a long-established historical fact and present...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... year, China and Russia have made tremendous efforts to establish space forces and expand space weapons capabilities, contributing to the increased militarisation of space. Both countries have active counterspace programmes and have developed robust...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... of Earth, lawyers and politicians worried about what, and whose, laws would apply to outer space This was especially true concerning the militarisation of space, since the same vehicles which were being developed to loft probes into...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... flying in loose formation some 500 km above Earth - a more institutional form of space traffic management might now be required. The militarisation of space is therefore a given, notwithstanding that many regard this as flying in the face of the...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... the time being. The rapidly expanding literature on the militarisation of space includes Bleddyn Bowen’s War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics, which applies strategic theory to outer space and draws out the implications for international...
