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New horizons for Europe – a European studies perspective on European space policy / Hoerber, Thomas

Hoerber, Thomas	Journal Article
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Publication	2012.
Summary/Abstract	This introduction to a special issue sets out the themes to be explored - the role of the EU in a now largely peaceful Europe, the possibilities for space to become a more important tool of EU policy and its potential for promoting further European integration and a European identity - before discussing the various papers.

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Europe ; European Identity ; European Space Policy ; European Studies Perspective

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Popularising European space policy: introduction / Hoerber, Thomas; Athanasopoulos, Harald Köpping

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European Space Policy

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Shifting articulations of space and security: boundary work in European space policy making / Klimburg-Witjes, Nina

Klimburg-Witjes, Nina	Journal Article
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European space policy is currently at a watershed. In 2021, there will be two institutions responsible for European space activities: The EU Space Agency (EU SPA) and the civilian European Space Agency (ESA) founded in 1975. This article investigates how new objectives and governance scheme(s) of European space activities reflect the increasing securitisation of space in Europe. Linking work in critical security studies to the concept of boundary work from science and technology studies (STS) I outline three phases of boundary work – expansion, expulsion and protection of autonomy – that all show how the dividing lines between peaceful and militarised space activities have become increasingly blurred. The conclusion argues that we currently witness a shift in the visions of European integration in space, with ESA remaining outside the EU framework and open to non-EU members while the EU SPA is accessible to EU members only and explicitly dedicated to the use of space for security. As the strategic potential of outer space is likely to grow, the paper offers a critical empirical investigation of the ongoing transformation in European space policy that has significant consequences for how we envision a “united Europe in space”.

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Securitization ; European Space Agency ; Science and Technology Studies ; European Space Policy ; Boundary Work ; EU Space Program

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Transatlantic space cooperation: an empirical evidence / Machay, Martin; Hajko, Vladimír

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After the Cold War ended in the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the space race was not the factor behind the space exploration and exploitation anymore. The aim of this paper is to analyze the transatlantic space cooperation between the USA (more specifically NASA) and the ESA. The cooperation can be driven by two major motives – economic and political. The empirical evidence suggests that while ESA is motivated by the economic one NASA is motivated by the political one. ESA is seemingly on NASA's tail but it benefits economically.

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International Space Cooperation ; US Space Policy ; European Space Policy

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