Space has become a crucial theme in the main international think tanks’ research activities as it entails important strategic, economic, and technological issues.
Since 2001, Ifri has integrated space in its research, notably by ensuring that the political dimension of scientific and human exploration programs is emphasized, and by supporting reflections on the Code of Conduct for Outter Space Activities.
Today, as part of its research agenda, Ifri mobilizes several of its centers and programs to transversally tackle the theme of space, through three main inputs:
Since the Summer 2020, Ifri has been coordinating a tripartite European Space Governance Initiative, together with two other renowned European think tanks: the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) in Germany and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Italy.
Research Fellow, Space
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Special Advisor to the President for European Affairs
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The Yearbook on Space Policy aims to be the reference publication analysing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other...
The article provides a comprehensive overview of global space activities in 2008/2009 with a special focus on Europe. It first acknowledges the transversal nature of space activities by linking them to the broader economic and political trends. It then analyses worldwide space policies and...
European countries, lead by France, are expected to take a decision soon on the development and acquisition of MALE drones.
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Congress and the Administration have launched a series of space policy reviews in 2009, regarding in particular Nasa's exploration policy, the loosening of ITAR regulations and space security. On each of these issues, the U.S. government may adopt more international-leaning policies in 2010.<...>
Space security has become an increasingly important issue over recent years, with the international community witnessing a substantial increase in orbital debris from both deliberate and accidental satellite destructions.
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The Berlin-based Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), the VIenna-based European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) and the Paris-based Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), joined with Ifri in the drafting of a policy-memorandum on Franco-German space cooperation. This initiative by...
Last December, the European Union adopted a draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities. This signals an important change of strategy in the field of space security.
In collaboration with IFRI, the Paris-based Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), as well as the Berlin-based Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) joined in the drafting of a policy-memorandum on Franco-German space cooperation. This...
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