5 April 2015

Vulnerable Frontier: Militarized Competition in Outer Space

By Michael Haas

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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