CGSR Seminar Series | War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics

Speaker Biography
Bleddyn Bowen primary research interests concern modern warfare, politics, and security in outer space, as well as classical strategic theory. Dr. Bowen provides research-led teaching in his 3rd year specialist module PL3144 Politics and War in Outer Space. He is the author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics published by (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). He has published research in several peer-reviewed journals, and is a regular columnist for SpaceWatch.Global. He frequently presents to and advises practitioners including civilian and military personnel and agencies in the UK and internationally on military, intelligence and strategic space policy issues. In 2018 and 2020 he provided testimony to the UK Parliament’s Brexit and Defence select committees, respectively, on UK space policy and strategy. He regularly appears in media reports and news items on space policy and the politics of outer space as an expert source.
Presentation Abstract
Bleddyn Bowen presents a theory of spacepower and considers the implications of space technology on strategy and international relations. The spectre of space warfare stalks the major powers as outer space increasingly defines geopolitical and military competition. As satellites have become essential for modern warfare, strategists are asking whether the next major war will begin or be decided in outer space. Only strategic theory can explore the decisiveness and effects of war in space on grand strategy and international relations. The theory applies the wisdom of military strategy to outer space and presents a compelling new vision of Earth's orbit as a coastline, rather than an open ocean or an extension of airspace as many have assumed. Rooted in the classical military works of Clausewitz, Mahan and Castex, to name a few, this work puts forward new principles for strategic thought about space that explain the pervasive and inescapable influence of spacepower on strategy and the changing military balance of the 21st century.
This seminar was hosted by the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR). Learn more about CGSR at https://cgsr.llnl.gov.
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