November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... satellites or testing of weapons - and though the prospect of war in space is not new, the recent rhetoric from the United States has...who then go on to postulate that, as a result, war in space is, ultimately, ‘inevitable’ - so we had better prepare ...
January 2021
Spacepower and international relations
... the international system, rather than overturn them. Editor’s note: this article is based on an extract from War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics published by Edinburgh University Press, 2020 (ISBN: 9781474450485. RRP, £85). This extract...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... 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 relations...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
... and contestable realm like coastal waters and oceans have been for continental powers” - Bleddyn Bowen, War in Space These relatively moderate differences between Dolman’s bluewater analogy and Bowen’s cosmic ‘coastal’ analogy lead to significant...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... time, particularly if people get too incensed by the conduct of the war and its perceived atrocities. So, what are possible aims or goals for initiating a war in space? They are more easily established for traditional terrestrial conflicts and...
March 2016
From Sanctuary to Battlefield
... principles to the greatest extent possible. Put simply, the United States will need to find ways to limit war in space However, the United States should not confine its deterrent and defensive efforts to the enforcement of these...
