British Spacepower and the Integrated Review: Launch of a new paper
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2020-12-11

The Freeman Air and Space Institute launched a new paper - ‘British Spacepower and the Integrated Review’ by Dr Bleddyn Bowen.

Increased policy interest in British spacepower is happening within a tempestuous political context and at a time where space technology continues to spread to more actors, including those that might potentially be hostile towards the UK. The delayed Integrated Review claims to be the first UK defence review to pay specific attention to spacepower, and there has never been a greater need for a clear space-centric perspective on what spacepower can and should offer for defence policy, security, and wider political goals today.

Dr Bowen will introduce his paper in conversation with expert panelists including Dr Peter Watkins, former Director General (Strategy & International), Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Katherine Courtney, former Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, followed by a question and answer session.