Reflections on Politics, Strategy and Norms in Outer Space

Hugo Meijer (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

This article focuses on the underestimated discrepancy between recent optimistic theoretical attempts aimed at providing US policymakers with a coherent “astro-strategy” for space dominance, and the destabilizing consequences for international stability deriving from their implementation. Important intellectual references supporting US current space doctrine and strategy can be found in the US Air Force’s élite School of Advanced Air and Space Studies – which develops and tests the Air Force’s doctrines, concepts and strategies. [First paragraph]

Keywords: Outer space; Strategy; Norms

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Hugo Meijer. Reflections on Politics, Strategy and Norms in Outer Space. Defense and Security Analysis, 2009, 25 (1), pp.89 - 98. ⟨10.1080/14751790902749942⟩. ⟨hal-03459958⟩