Russia has been a major space power since the very beginning of the space era. After a difficult decade, it is now reshaping its space effort. A new Federal Space Program has been launched and a vast effort of industrial reorganization is currently underway. This "Note de l'Ifri" gives an...
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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:
- the competition of powers, driven by the Sino-American rivalry;
- critical points related to mastery of space, such as the issue of autonomous access to space or the mega-constellations necessary for the digital revolution;
- these developments’ challenges for Europe and its status as a space power.
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
...Special Advisor to the President for European Affairs
...This paper was published in Building the Architecture for Sustainable Security, UNIDIR 2006-17, pp.23-30.
At a time when negotiations between partners in the Galileo Concession are so difficult, it seems urgent to optimize the Galileo business case by identifying new applications for the system's five signals. This Note tries to assess ways to enhance Galileo's future profits. The principle of...
In the light of Nasa's project of a Return to the Moon, Sabine Akbar addresses the legal debates surrounding the future scientific and commercial exploitation of Lunar ressources.
...The Bush administration has shown renewed interest for the weaponization of space. This policy paper was an out-put of the "Observatoire de la Stratégie Américaine", an Ifri-led research project for the Délégation aux Affaires Stratégiques (D.A.S.) of the French Ministry of Defense.
...The present book is the main outcome of a one-day conference on Galileo held in Reims (France), in November, 2005. The conference chose to assess issues linked to the European satellite navigation program at a crucial time in its development, namely when it is entering its deployment phase...
CFE reports annually on the evolution of U.S. space export controls. The strictness of these regulations complicates business for satellite and launcher providers in the U.S. and elsewhere. However, Congress refuses to loosen them.
...This report explores the interactions between the conduct of space exploration programs by Europeans and the European Union building process. It stems from a cooperation between Ifri and the European Space Agency (ESA).
A current policy of the U.S. governement is to try and reinforce space cooperation with India. All concerned programs and projects are science-related. Although not enthousiastic, Nasa tries to make the best of the situation. The Indian space community favors a pragmatic approach to these...
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