Christophe VENET
Research Associate
Christophe Venet was Research Assistant and then Associate Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Political Science, Tübingen University (Germany). Christophe Venet graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg and holds a Masters degree in peace studies and international politics from Tübingen University. He also spent an academic exchange year at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He is a PhD candidate at Sciences Po Paris. His dissertation deals with EU policy in the field of space and security, focusing on the actorness of Europe and on interests and norms underlying the policy processes within the European Space Policy.
The EU is currently developing a Maritime Security Strategy. Space should be integrated in that effort, given its potential for maritime surveillance.
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Program is often overshadowed by what is perceived to be the flagship program of European space, Galileo. As a matter of fact, GMES is just as important and faces many similar challenges.
Galileo is one of the most ambitious programs ever managed by the EU. As such, it illustrates the challenges and the opportunities offered by the development of a European Space Policy at the political, industrial, economic and international level.
Today, Europe is taking initiatives both to prevent space weaponization and to develop space militarization. While national States remain the central players in this regard, the intergovernmental European Space Agency is increasingly involved in security-related activities and the European...
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...