Strategic Competition for International Space Partnerships and Key Principles for a Sustainable Global Space Economy
Dr. Jana Robinson, Patrik Martínek, Jakub Pražák and Kristína Sikoraiová / 28 Jan 2022
PSSI’s report on how the space domain, a major component of national political, economic, and military power, has now taken center stage in the competition among the major space powers and aspirant nations.
Space industry majors, as well as other private sector companies, have become an integral part of the space domain transformation as governments are putting forward innovative ideas for public-private partnerships and various investors are taking a keen interest in acquiring stakes in space-related companies.
This report reviews how the proliferation of China’s and Russia’s model of international space partnerships negatively affects the recipient countries. It then discusses the broader implications of skewed international space partnerships for current efforts to set the norms and standards governing future space activities. Finally, it reviews available measures and response options to ensure that our values and principles form the foundation of a sustainable global space economy over the long haul.
Read more about the strategic competition for international space partnerships and key principles for a sustainable global space economy in our space security report that benefited from the participants’ insights of PSSI’s closed online roundtable discussion attended by 60 distinguished security and space experts and government officials.