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Space Security in Russia

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The post-Soviet Russia is no longer a military space superpower and strives to adjust its military space policies to a new geopolitical environment. Since the “lost decade” of the 1990s, when Russia failed to maintain many of its military space capabilities, the country has sought to rebuild its military space power. Driven by political considerations, such as the need to regain its status as a respected global power, as well as pragmatic reasons, epitomized by an increased reliance on space assets in modern warfare, Russia launched in the 2000s ambitious military space initiatives. It strengthened its foundations by reorganizing its space industry, as well as its military institutional architecture for space and its ground infrastructure.

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    On these aspects, see DeBlois et al. (2004), Mueller (2002)

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    Moltz (2012)

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  1. French Institute of International Relations, Paris, France

    Christophe Venet

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  1. European Space Agency, Paris, France

    Kai-Uwe Schrogl

  2. George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Peter L. Hays

  3. European External Action Service, Brussels, Belgium

    Jana Robinson

  4. European Defence Agency, Brussels, Belgium

    Denis Moura

  5. European Space Agency, Paris, France

    Christina Giannopapa

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Venet, C. (2015). Space Security in Russia. In: Schrogl, KU., Hays, P., Robinson, J., Moura, D., Giannopapa, C. (eds) Handbook of Space Security. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2029-3_12

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