Satellite technology and the new geopolitical frontier

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The Geopolitics of Sovereign Data

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SUMMARY: This analysis describes outer space as an increasingly "congested, competitive, and contested" geopolitical frontier, driven by the strategic value of satellite technology. It argues that the domain, once a "global commons" dominated by the US and Russia, is now seeing a host of nations like China, India, and Brazil develop their own satellite capabilities to assert "information sovereignty" and challenge US supremacy. The article concludes that this trend, coupled with an outdated legal framework, will lead to more frequent and problematic assertions of national interest in space.

REFERENCE: This summary was AI generated. Full text originally published as: Tim Stevens, “Satellite technology and the new geopolitical frontier,” Sovereign Data Vol. 2, No. 2 (February 2016). ISSN: 2059-075X.

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