Space Security

Zusatztext

This book is essential reading for anyone concerned with Europe's future in space. Space has become a strategic domain of critical importance - not only for economic growth, but also for security and defence. To meet this urgent challenge, leading voices from politics, business, and science have contributed to this volume and outlined concrete measures - both immediate and strategic - that Europe must take to defend its security and interests in space. Forward bei Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space. Authors: Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General European Space Agency ESA; Dr. Balasz Bartoki-Gönczy, Vice Dean University of Public Administration Budapest; Dr. Bohumil Dobos, Associate Prof. Charles University Prague; Andreas Dripke, Executive Chair Diplomatic Council; Dr. Enrico Fels, Managing Director CASSIS, University Bonn; Dr. Namrata Goswami, Prof. for Space Security, John Hopkins University; Minister Florian Hahn, German Federal Foreign Office, MdB; Prof. Dr. Mahulena Hofmann, SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law, University Luxembourg; Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft, Ambassador (ret.), President Diplomatic Council, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office; Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space; Dr. Ciro Maddaloni, Ministry Innovation and Technologies (ret.); Hang Nguyen, Publisher Diplomatic Council; Dr. habil Antje Nötzold, Private Lecturer and Research Associate, Chemnitz University of Technology & University of the Federal Armed Forces; Almudena Azcarate Ortega, Lead Space Security Researcher & WMD Programmes, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research; Dr. Xavier Pasco, Director Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, Paris; Clemence Poirier, Senior Researcher ETH Zurich; Dr. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Lt.-Gen. (ret.), First Romanian in Space, former President of the Romanian Space Agency, ; Juan Carlos Cortes, Director General of the Spanish Space Agency; Jochen M. Richter, Chair Diplomatic Council Global Security Forum; Andrea Rotter, Head of Division Foreign and Security Policy, Hanns Seidel Foundation; Juliana Suess, Researcher, Security Policy Group, Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear (Dis-)Order Project, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP); Matthias Wachter, Managing Director New Space Initiative, BDI Head of Department International Cooperation, Security, Raw Materials, Space.

Autorenportrait

Andreas Dripke: Andreas Dripke ist the Executive Chairman of the Diplomatic Council, a global think tank in consultative status with the United Nations. He has studied business & computer science and has been active as an author, editor-in-chief, and journalist for over 30 years. He has been involved in spaceflight since 1997, when he took charge of the international conference for the exhibition "40 Years of International Space­flight" in Berlin, with many astronauts and industry figures from around the world. In 2022 he wrote his first book about space­flight, "Race to Space", which outlined the growing rivalry among nations for outer space and the rise of private-sector players. Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft, Ambassa­dor (ret.) is Program Director at the Diplo­matic Academy of the German Foreign Office and President of the Diplomatic Council (DC). From August 2020 to September 2024 Prof. Dr. Kreft M.A., B.A. (USA), held the Chair for Diplomacy and was Program Director "International Rela­tions and European Studies" at An­drássy University Budapest and Director of its Center for Diplomacy. Previously, he was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (July 2016-August 2020), Special Ambassador for Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue and for International Academic Relations, and Deputy Head of the Policy Planning Staff of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Other assignments in his 40-year long diplomatic career have taken him to Washington, Tokyo, Madrid and La Paz. From 2006-2010 he was a Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Foreign Relations Committee of the German Bundestag. He has also been a visiting fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center, the Heritage Foundation, the Brookings Institutions, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, DC. Together with Andreas Dripke has published the book "Race to Space: How Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are Conquering Space and the Role of NASA, ESA, China and Russia (Edition 2025)". Jochen M. Richter: Jochen M. Richter, holding a degree in public administration, joined the European Institutions in 1990. For the next 30 years, he worked in both the EU Commission and the Parliament. In addition to positions in research, competition, internal market and conciliation, he served two Commissioners in their private office (also called cabinet): Commissioner Frits Bolkestein (Cabinet member) and Commissioner Leonard Orban (Deputy Head of Cabinet). He retired as Director of the European Parliament at the end of 2020. He since has been teaching at universities in Luxembourg and Düsseldorf. Since January 2024 he has a lecture engagement at the Catholic University in Lviv. He is regularly at security conferences such as the Warsaw Security Forum and those of the New Strategy Center. As an Executive Member of the Think Tank Diplomatic Council (UN reg.) he chairs its Global Security Forum. Andrius Kubilius: Commissioner Andrius Kubilius is a Member of the European Commission responsible for Defence and Space (since December 2024). He was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament from 1992 to 2019 and served twice as Prime Minister, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012. Andrius Kubilius was a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until December 2024, during which he chaired the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (until July 2024). Josef Aschbacher:  Dr. Josef Aschbacher is the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) since March 2021. In 2023, his mandate was extended for a further period of four years until March 2029. Matthias Wachter: Matthias Wachter is the Managing Director of the German NewSpace Initiative and Head of International Cooperation, Security Policy, Raw Materials and Space at the Federation of German Industries (BDI). He is also a member of the Space Program Committee of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He studied Business Administration in Coburg, Paris, and New York, earning B.Sc. degrees from Coburg University and INSEEC Paris. As a Fulbright Scholar, he completed an M.Sc. in Global Political Economy at Rutgers University in New Jersey in 2007. In 2022, he earned an Executive MBA from the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT). After returning to Germany from the US, he joined the Executive Management Program at Axel Springer before moving to the BDI in 2008 as Executive Assistant to the CEO. In 2010, he became Head of Strategic Planning, Policy and Coordination; since 2012, he has led the department for Security, Raw Materials and Africa. Florian Hahn: Florian Hahn has been Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office since 6 May 2025. Grounded in the new government's foreign policy principles of promoting Security, Freedom and Prosperity, his regional responsibilities encompass transatlantic relations; relations with Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine; and the Asia-Pacific, South Asia, and Near East Regions. In addition, his policy portfolio includes external trade and economic security as well as security policy issues, the promotion of a rules-based order, United Nations and Arms Control, and energy policy. Rabea Rogge: Rabea Rogge is an electrical engineer, robotics researcher, and the first German woman in space. She studied electrical engineering at ETH Zurich and gained early experience in extreme environments during three months at sea with Sea Shepherd and by leading a nanosatellite team. Rabea Rogge is pursuing her PhD in Arctic robotics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, developing technologies to protect fragile ecosystems. In 2024 she was selected as pilot for the private space mission Fram2 and launched on April 1, 2025, aboard a Falcon 9 into a unique polar orbit - the first crewed spaceflight over the poles. During the three-day mission, she conducted experiments on auroras and captured the first X-ray image of a human in space. Today, Rogge is a sought-after keynote speaker who links space research, robotics, and innovation with social relevance, inspiring audiences with her pioneering spirit and commitment to sustainable technological progress. DumitruDorin Prunariu: Dr. DumitruDorin Prunariu is the first Romanian cosmonaut and a leading inter­national authority on space policy, plane­tary defense, and sustainable space explo­ration. Born on 27 September 1952 in Brasov, Romania, he completed an eightday space mission in May 1981 aboard Soyuz40 and the Salyut6 orbital station an achievement that placed Romania among the spacefaring nations and shaped his lifelong diplomatic, scientific, and strategic engagement in global space governance. A founding member of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), DumitruDorin Prunariu served as ASE International President (20112014) and ASE Europe President for six years, and has been a key member of the ASE Committee on NearEarth Objects since 2005. DumitruDorin Prunariu has held several top national and international positions: President of the Romanian Space Agency (19982004); Romania's Ambassador to the Russian Federation (20042005); Chair of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) from 2010 to 2012; and covicechair of the Working Group that delivered the UN "Space2030" Agenda in 2021. He has been appointed twice by the UN General Assembly to highlevel Groups of Governmental Experts on space security (TCBMs and PAROS) and contributed to the EU Institute for Security Studies report on European space security. Within Europe, Dr. Prunariu served as ViceChair of the Inter­national Relations Committee of the European Space Agency (20142017). In recognition of his leadership in planetary defense and his key role in establishing the UNrecognized Asteroid Day, asteroid "10707 Prunariu" was named in hi...

Weitere Details