Understanding Threats to Space Systems and Space Assets
Strategic Challenges in The New Space Environment
Published on 9. September 2025
190 pages
978-1-040-42659-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the current space threat profile in an increasingly contested, congested, and competitive space environment.
This work looks at the conflictual nature of space relations and highlights various issues resulting from great-power competition in the space domain. This book recognizes non-state entities' increased engagement in this domain, including their different roles, and consequently incorporates commercial actors into space strategic thinking. It also discusses the perils of the space environment, political conflicts, space weapons, malicious space operations, and the risks stemming from potentially hazardous dual-se technology. Finally, this book outlines the means to improve the protection of space systems with an emphasis on the inclusion of a broad spectrum of stakeholders and offers arguments for the establishment of new norms to strengthen the responsible use of outer space.
This book will be of much interest to students of space power, security studies, and international relations.
This work looks at the conflictual nature of space relations and highlights various issues resulting from great-power competition in the space domain. This book recognizes non-state entities' increased engagement in this domain, including their different roles, and consequently incorporates commercial actors into space strategic thinking. It also discusses the perils of the space environment, political conflicts, space weapons, malicious space operations, and the risks stemming from potentially hazardous dual-se technology. Finally, this book outlines the means to improve the protection of space systems with an emphasis on the inclusion of a broad spectrum of stakeholders and offers arguments for the establishment of new norms to strengthen the responsible use of outer space.
This book will be of much interest to students of space power, security studies, and international relations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Tables, black and white
File size
2,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-42659-3 (9781040426593)
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Jakub Prazak
Understanding Threats to Space Systems and Space Assets
Strategic Challenges in The New Space Environment
Book
09/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€207.30
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Person
Jakub Prazak is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic.
Content
1. Introduction: Space as a Strategic Domain 2. Multi Actors Theatre of Warfare and Power Shifts in Outer Space 3. The Hazards of Outer Space Environment 4. Tempestuous Space Relations 5. Space Weapons and Space Hybrid Operations 6. The Military Ambiguity of Dual-Use Technology 7. On Spacepower and Beyond 8. Conclusion: (In)evitable Space Warfare and Protected Space Assets?
