16 May 2023, 17:00 – 18:30 CET

The Prague Security Studies Institute hosted a public guest lecture with Dr. Deganit Paikowsky, faculty at the Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Non-Resident Scholar at the Space Policy Institute of the Elliott School for Foreign Affairs, George Washington University, who delivered an online guest lecture entitled “The New Space Race and Models of Space Competition”.

We are back in a space exploration race. However, the entire purpose of space exploration is changing as countries recognize its potential for long-term economic opportunity. Hence, the current models of competition differ.

In this lecture, Dr. Paikowsky argued that the future space race will be won not only by those whose technological advancements are superior but by those whose economic, legal, social, and political institutions are most innovative, attractive, and favored to other spacefaring nations and entities. In this respect, the United States has an early lead over China and Russia, but it has a long way to go in winning this contest.

Dr. Deganit Paikowsky is faculty at the Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Non-Resident Scholar at the Space Policy Institute of the Elliott School for Foreign Affairs, George Washington University. Deganit is experienced in the interface and interrelations between world politics and technological domains, specializing in space, cyber, and emerging technologies. She combines academic research with hands-on experience. Until recently, she served as a Vice President at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) on behalf of the Israel Space Agency.