Towards EU Leadership in Space Sector Through Open Strategic Autonomy
Towards EU Leadership in Space Sector Through Open Strategic Autonomy

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789284801176

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This 'cost of non-Europe' report looks at the potential benefits of efficient, ambitious and united EU-level action in the space sector. The report finds that to enable the European space sector to benefit from open strategic autonomy, and to ensure EU access to and use of space, including for its security, the EU must act decisively. Moving away from fragmentation could bring large benefits, amounting to at least €140 billion per year by 2050.

The European Space Sector as an Enabler of EU Strategic Autonomy
The European Space Sector as an Enabler of EU Strategic Autonomy

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Published: 2020

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ISBN-13: 9789284675289

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Today, the European Union can boast a degree of strategic autonomy in space. Projects such as Galileo have not only enhanced the EU's economy, but they may confer on the Union the ability to amplify its Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy. While the EU continues to promote the safe, secure and sustainable use of space, it is also true that space is rapidly becoming a political arena that hangs over geopolitical competition on earth. Space is crucial for EU security and defence. Yet the EU is at a cross-roads and it needs to develop ways to ensure that it maintains its strategic autonomy in space. Without strategic autonomy in space, there can be no strategic autonomy on earth. There is a need for the Union to invest in its space presence, push the technological frontier in space, ensure that its ground- and space-based critical infrastructure is protected, ensure that its industrial supply chains are resilient and utilise new initiatives in security and defence to further enhance the EU's ability to act autonomously.

European Autonomy in Space
European Autonomy in Space

Author: Cenan Al-Ekabi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-01-07

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 3319111108

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The volume provides analyses and evaluations of the continuing importance of Europe’s autonomy in its access to space as a key driver in the development of European space capabilities. From a detailed historical analysis of some of the pitfalls of dependence in the space industry, experts analyse the full range of current European space capabilities and identify areas where autonomy is both possible and required, even in a situation of severe budgetary constraints. The contributions present a comprehensive overview of European efforts in a broad range of areas including energy, culture, science, and security; access to space, space applications, human spaceflight, security and space situational awareness, and strategic issues. They make a cogent strategic and economic case for policy makers to continue to bear in mind the importance of autonomous space capabilities, even in an interdependent globalised world.

European Integration and Space Policy
European Integration and Space Policy

Author: Thomas Hoerber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-21

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1000317986

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This volume addresses developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration, using discourse theory as a framework. It seeks to address the developments in European space policy by examining several sensitive security questions linked in general with space activities, on the one hand, and the interplay between space policy and security policy in the European Union (EU) on the other. The book argues that defence and security matters should be studied for a better understanding of space projects in their historical, political, economic, legal and social context. The volume seeks to answer the following key questions: • What can space policy contribute to European identity formation and the integration process? • What are the interests of member states/EU institutions in space? • How is space policy perceived by European institutions, and how have they been engaged in the policy process to promote activity in space? • In which ways is the EU engaged in space, in terms of policy areas, e.g. foreign policy, industrial policy, security and defence policies? • What is the impact of institutions on the policy-making process in European space policy? This book will be of interest to students of EU policy, space policy, discourse studies and International Relations in general.

Towards a New Paradigm in Open Strategic Autonomy?
Towards a New Paradigm in Open Strategic Autonomy?

Author: Éric van den Abeele

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Published: 2021

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The aim of this research paper is to review the recent emergence on the European scene of the concept of open strategic autonomy and the consequences it may have for EU action. Originally stemming from the language of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and the common security and defence policy (CSDP), strategic autonomy now seems to have become the EU's new catchphrase. Charles Michel dubbed it Goal No. 1 for our generation: 'For now, much of the debate on strategic autonomy has been on semantics, marking clear political divides between countries that see this as a threat to Europe's openness, and its proponents who see a chance to advance European industry and help foster “champions” able to compete on a global scale.' At the same time, the green and digital transition, the resilience of the EU's socio-economic model in the context of the pandemic and the recovery of the economies of the Twenty-Seven are taking up a great deal of space on the Union's agenda. By 30 April 2021, each Member State has to submit its national recovery plan with two targets: devoting 37% of this budget to greening and 20% to digital. By 2030, the EU, for its part, has to reduce its CO2 emissions by 55%. Are these goals sustainable over a medium-term timeline (2030)? Is strategic autonomy the launchpad for a new European Union paradigm?

European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence
European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence

Author: European Union. High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

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Space is critical for the strategic autonomy of the EU and its Member States. The functioning of economies, citizens and public policies increasingly relies on space-related services and data, including those in the field of security and defence. Space also contributes to achieving the EU’s political agenda, enabling the digital and green transitions, and enhancing its resilience. Yet, space is an increasingly contested area. In a geopolitical context of increasing power competition and intensification of threats to the EU and its Member States, EU leaders have identified space as a strategic domain in the Strategic Compass and have called for an EU Space Strategy for security and defence. The EU Security Union Strategy recognises space infrastructure as essential services which must be adequately protected against current and anticipated threats and be resilient.

Autonomy of Sport in Europe
Autonomy of Sport in Europe

Author: Jean-Loup Chappelet

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9789287167200

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Given the impact that successive court rulings have had on the organisation of the sports movement in the past 15 years, the autonomy of non-governmental sports organisations has become a highly topical concern in Europe. It is also closely related to the issue of governance, the subject of previous Council of Europe studies. The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) decided to explore the concept of autonomy in greater depth by studying the conceptual, political, legal, economic and psycho-sociological aspects of the subject. This study was carried out at the request of the EPAS by the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) on the basis of a questionnaire sent to public authorities in charge of sport and to national and international umbrella sports organisations. In addition to an analysis of the data obtained, documents produced by public authorities and sports organisations on this emerging issue are presented. This study contributes to a better understanding of the concept of autonomy and offers a clear picture of the issues involved.

Europe in Identity Crisis: The Future of the EU in the Age of Nationalism
Europe in Identity Crisis: The Future of the EU in the Age of Nationalism

Author: Carlo Altomonte

Publisher: Ispi Publications

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9788855261579

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Today's European Union is in an identity crisis as it seems to be losing its points of reference. The principles that upheld its creation are being increasingly questioned around the world and within the EU itself. Its chances to survive hinge upon its ability to deliver at home and abroad, without abandoning its values and principles but rather adapting and re-launching them. This volume offers policy options on key questions for the future of the EU: How to scale-up its role abroad? How to benefit from new partners without severing ties with traditional allies such as the US? How to contain Eurosceptic forces by reducing inequalities? And how to reinforce the euro while aiming at more sustainable and balanced growth?

Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union
Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union

Author: Helena Legido-Quigley

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9289071931

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People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity. Now, however, they are travelling for many other reasons, including the quest for key services such as health care. Whatever the reason for travelling, one question they ask is "If I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?" This book examines, for the first time, the systems that have been put in place in all of the European Union's 27 Member States. The picture it paints is mixed. Some have well developed systems, setting standards based on the best available evidence, monitoring the care provided, and taking action where it falls short. Others need to overcome significant obstacles.