British space policy and transatlantic security

What is it about?

This article examines British space policy in the context of its military-intelligence integration with the United States, and the commercial and industrial integration of British space sector with the European Union. Britain is assessed as a secondary space power, with niche capabilities, but is facing significant challenges in the Brexit era between the space infrastructures of America and Europe.

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Why is it important?

Space policy and space power are an afterthought for most British policymakers and scholars in security/defence politics. This article is one of the few to examine British space policy from a strategic and international relations perspective, and considers the risks Brexit poses to the British space sector.