Vulnerable frontier: militarized competition in outer space

Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Book Title: Strategic Trends 2015: Key Developments in Global Affairs
Series: Strategic Trends
Pages: 63-80
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Place: Zurich

Critical dependencies on space-based infrastructure have grown dramatically in recent decades, and now extend to small states and the global economy as a whole. However, as geopolitical rivalries re-emerge in more traditional domains of interstate conflict, the prospects for future stability in space appear increasingly dim. While the consequences of a great-power clash in space could be ruinous, a shared understanding of the perils involved has yet to take hold. Strategic interaction along the final frontier' is set to enter a period of considerable danger.

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