Geopolitics of the Outer Space - A European Perspective

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.

List of contents

Introduction.- Outer Space as a Physical Space.- Outer Space as a Military-Diplomatic Field.- Outer Space as a Socio-Economic Field.- The History of the European Space Program.- European Astropolitics.- Conclusion.-

About the author

Bohumil Doboš 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. 

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Bohumil Dobo¿, Bohumil Dobos, Bohumil Doboš
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319968568
• ISBN: 978-3-31-996856-8
• No. of pages: 138
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 244 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Illustrations: IX, 138 p.
• Series: Contributions to Political Science; Contributions to Political Science
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten, Internationales Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Angewandte Physik, International Relations, International Law, astronautics, Space Law, Political Science and International Studies, Public International Law, Law of the Sea, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Space Physics, Space sciences, Applied physics, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Politics of Outer Space, Space Security