Governance of Emerging Space Challenges -

Governance of Emerging Space Challenges

The Benefits of a Responsible Cosmopolitan State Policy

Nikola Schmidt (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
XVII, 255 Seiten
2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-86554-2 (ISBN)
128,39 inkl. MwSt

This edited volume discusses how even small nation states can make a significant difference in the future of space governance.

The book is divided into three main sections covering political theory, case studies, and space technology and applications. Key topics of discussion include planetary defense, space mining, and high-power systems in space. Through these timely subjects, the book presents strategies for developing a truly global governance framework in space, based on the concept of a responsible cosmopolitan state.

Authored by a multidisciplinary group of researchers from the Czech Republic, the volume will appeal to other scientific teams and policymakers looking to become pioneers of cosmopolitan space policies at a national and global level.

Dr. Nikola Schmidt (born 1982 in Prague, Czech Republic) is currently a leader of Planetary Defense project with an objective to deliver a policy strategy on planetary defense and asteroid mining for the Czech Ministry of Transport. The project consists of astronomers, space engineers, international lawyers and political scientists. He finished his PhD in 2016 at Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Institute of Political Studies with a dissertation on The Birth of Cyber as a National Security Agenda. Nikola has been extensively teaching courses on space and cyber security at various Czech universities. His passion in space issues can be dated long before his master studies of international relations at Metropolitan University. A pivotal moment for Nikola was his participation in the ESA and NASA-funded planetary defense team project at the Space Studies Program, organized by the International Space University in Athens, Ohio, US in 2015. Nikola received a bachelor's degree in sociology and studied international security at Sciences Po in Paris. His recent articles were published in Acta Astronautica and New Space. Nikola founded and led two software development companies before coming back to academia and worked on a NGO-driven food facility project in Afghanistan.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Reconciling cosmopolitan theory and policy practice? Responsible states as a transitional category.- Chapter 3. International security regimes, space and responsible cosmopolitan states.- Chapter 4. Cosmopolitan visions under the critical sight of realist(ic) geopolitics.- Chapter 5. International space law as the transiting path to cosmopolitan order.- Chapter 6. Responsible cosmopolitan state in space politics.- Chapter 7. Addressing global governance gaps in planetary defense.- Chapter 8. Space mining: attempts to materialize cosmopolitan ideas enshrined in international space law.- Chapter 9. Peaceful use of lasers in space: challenges and pathways forward.- Chapter 10. Cosmopolitan approach to the issue of orbital debris.- Chapter 11. Technology readiness and small states contributions in planetary defense.- Chapter 12. Asteroid prospecting and space mining.- Chapter 13. High-energy systems today and tomorrow

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Space and Society
Zusatzinfo XVII, 255 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 571 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Technik Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
Schlagworte asteroid mining law • cosmopolitan space policies • global space governance • new space 4.0 • Outer Space Treaty small states • planetary defense coordination • R2P Responsibility to Protect • satellite constellation regulation • small state space policy • Starlink governance
ISBN-10 3-030-86554-1 / 3030865541
ISBN-13 978-3-030-86554-2 / 9783030865542
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