Space and Security : The Use of Space in the Context of the CSDP
Space applications are best suited for dealing with an increasingly expanding concept of security. If, on the one hand, traditional customers are military users, on the other, a wider security and civilian community benefits from space services which are being developed in Europe in line with the evolution of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) civilian and military missions. The study includes a twofold analysis. First, an analysis of CSDP missions and their operational context to be matched with the main space-based applications. Of course, the EU flagship programmes GMES and Galileo are taken into consideration. Second, an overview of the state-of-the-art of the different space programmes in Europe based on their compatibility with CSDP missions is provided. Building on this analysis, conclusions on the use of space in the context CSDP are drawn, focusing on strengths and weaknesses emerged. Finally, some recommendations addressed to the European Parliament are provided.
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DARNIS, Jean-Pierre (ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI, ITALY) and VECLANI, Anna (ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI, ITALY)
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- common foreign and security policy
- communications
- cooperation policy
- defence
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- espionage
- European construction
- European Defence Agency
- EUROPEAN UNION
- information technology and data processing
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- militarisation of space
- military aircraft
- military cooperation
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- remote sensing
- research and intellectual property
- satellite communications
- space policy