Buying Time, Building Sovereignty: Turning Europe’s Commercial Space Ambition into Strategic Capability
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Europe is seeking to elevate its role in space in response to security concerns following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, capability gaps in European armed forces, and uncertainty over U.S. space and alliance policies. At the same time, space is becoming increasingly commercialised. Building robust space capabilities under these conditions requires navigating a set of competing objectives.
Source: Bertelsmann Stiftung
DOI: 10.11586/2026008
Author: Schütz, Torben
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7128613884
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