U.S. SPACE FORCE: POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR ROMANIA
U.S. SPACE FORCE: POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR ROMANIA

Author(s): Ulpia Elena BOTEZATU
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: outer space; space security; NATO Space; Space Force; militarisation of space.
Summary/Abstract: Recently, outer space gained attention with President’s Trump creation of Space Force. However, the need for a centralized unit to protect American interests in the so-called“next war-fighting domain“ raises critical questions about the involvement and the positioning of other state actors on this matter, as well as on the ways in which NATO will react and incorporate space into their future strategies and operations. Consequently, this paper attempts to investigate the problematic of space warfighting capabilities in relation to Romania’s geopolitical posture. It argues that Romania should adopt a more assertive attitude, especially in the light of its fresh membership to the European Union Consortium of Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU_SST).

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