No. 171: Space: The New Frontier of Security Policy

Author(s): Livio Pigoni
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 171
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

The strategic value of outer space is increasing. Satellites have become vital, but also vulnerable infrastructures for modern societies. An unexpected failure of important satellite-based applications would create considerable damage on Earth. For Europe and Switzerland, too, a stronger appreciation of space systems as critical infrastructures is becoming a matter of urgency.

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