Orbit of Power – Space as a Geopolitical Arena of Competition

In the Agora Strategy geopolitics podcast "The Future of Power", Dr. Timo Blenk (CEO) invites decision-makers from diplomacy, business, politics and the military to discuss current geopolitical developments on a monthly basis. The core of this project is to provide information about the influences of these developments and to create a sound basis for decision-making.

In the first live episode of our podcast, recorded at the Salon Luitpold in Munich, Dr. Blenk, Dr. Schorlemer, and Ms. Plesser analyze the geopolitical significance of space, how commercial actors are reshaping the competitive landscape, and what steps Germany and Europe are taking to secure sovereignty in space.

You can also find our podcast with subtitles on Youtube.

This month's highlights

• Space must be explicitly considered as a sphere of geopolitical influence. Critical communications and reconnaissance systems depend on satellite networks. Rocket launch capacity is the crucial bottleneck for European access to space.

• New Space companies are driving innovation. Simultaneously, new vulnerabilities and dependencies arise as commercial actors gain control over market access points.

• Reconnaissance data from space determines military outcomes on Earth. The exorbitant costs of space infrastructure require cooperation and partnerships – between nations as well as between companies.

In-house announcements

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