Space Security

Extending European Defence into Space

Andrius Kubilius, Josef Aschbacher, Matthias Wachter, Florian Hahn, Rabea Rogge, Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Andrea Rotter, Andreas Dripke, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft, Jochen M. Richter

• Publisher: Diplomatic Council e.V.
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9783986741945
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book is essential reading for anyone concerned with Europe's future in space. Space has become a strategic domain of critical importance - not only for economic growth, but also for security and defence. To meet this urgent challenge, leading voices from politics, business, and science have contributed to this volume and outlined concrete measures - both immediate and strategic - that Europe must take to defend its security and interests in space. Forward bei Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space. Authors: Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General European Space Agency ESA; Dr. Balasz Bartoki-Gönczy, Vice Dean University of Public Administration Budapest; Dr. Bohumil Dobos, Associate Prof. Charles University Prague; Andreas Dripke, Executive Chair Diplomatic Council; Dr. Enrico Fels, Managing Director CASSIS, University Bonn; Dr. Namrata Goswami, Prof. for Space Security, John Hopkins University; Minister Florian Hahn, German Federal Foreign Office, MdB; Prof. Dr. Mahulena Hofmann, SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law, University Luxembourg; Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft, Ambassador (ret.), President Diplomatic Council, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office; Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space; Dr. Ciro Maddaloni, Ministry Innovation and Technologies (ret.); Hang Nguyen, Publisher Diplomatic Council; Dr. habil Antje Nötzold, Private Lecturer and Research Associate, Chemnitz University of Technology & University of the Federal Armed Forces; Almudena Azcarate Ortega, Lead Space Security Researcher & WMD Programmes, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research; Dr. Xavier Pasco, Director Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, Paris; Clemence Poirier, Senior Researcher ETH Zurich; Dr. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Lt.-Gen. (ret.), First Romanian in Space, former President of the Romanian Space Agency, ; Juan Carlos Cortes, Director General of the Spanish Space Agency; Jochen M. Richter, Chair Diplomatic Council Global Security Forum; Andrea Rotter, Head of Division Foreign and Security Policy, Hanns Seidel Foundation; Juliana Suess, Researcher, Security Policy Group, Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear (Dis-)Order Project, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP); Matthias Wachter, Managing Director New Space Initiative, BDI Head of Department International Cooperation, Security, Raw Materials, Space.

Table of contents

• Notes from the Publisher on the International Edition
• Table of Contents
• Preamble
• A View from Space
• Astronaut’s Address
• Foreword
• Prologue
• Space and Security
• The Importance of Space for German Security
• Europe’s Security and Geopolitics in Space
• The Importance of the NewSpace Ecosystem
• Arms Race and the Quest for Dominance in Outer Space
• The Space Aspect of the Russian-Ukrainian War
• Either Outer Space, or Out of Business
• Testing ASATs and Boundaries
• Space Entrepreneurs as Security Actors
• Sovereignty and Cooperation: France’s Space Ambitions
• Italy and its Space Industry
• Central and Eastern Europe’s Space Ambitions
• Space Future: Europe Must Engage with China & India
• Law in Space – Regulating Space Activities
• Space Resources Activities, Not Only for Europe
• Arms Control & Outer Space
• Cybersecurity in Outer Space
• Space Governance
• Conclusions and Outlook
• About the Authors
• Books from Diplomatic Council Publishing
• About the Diplomatic Council
• References
• Copyright