Dimitrios Stroikos

4/4 Using China and India as an entry point, and building on postcolonial insights, the article argues that how space security is understood and practiced in the non-Western world can look familiar yet remain “almost the same, but not quite.”

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3/4 This has the effect of reifying a universal understanding of space security, often distorting or obscuring the different meanings, referent objects, and drivers of space security policy in the non-Western world.

2/4 The article makes the case for a global space security studies. Participation of new actors from the Global South, has introduced greater diversity and plurality in understandings of what constitutes space security, prevailing analyses remain largely couched in Eurocentrism

Same orbits, different rocket dreams? China, India, and the case for global space security studies This article puts forward the case for a global space security studies using China and India as an entry point. Recent trends, including the militariz…

1/4 I’m pleased to share my latest open access article, “Same orbits, different rocket dreams? China, India, and the case for global space security studies,” in the Journal of Space Safety Engineering. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Don’t miss the International Studies Association’s Virtual PASS course “Advancing Diplomacy for Space Security” next Monday (Feb 9, 2026) with Saadia M. Pekkanen, PJ Blount, Gregory Miller — and me. Mini TTX + diplomacy under time pressure.
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Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space The ‘rise of China’ is one of the most important developments in the field of space activities. In recent years, China has made considerable progress in advancing its space capabilities and now pla...

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🚀⭐️ New in Pacific Review: “Empire of the stars not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space”.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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I argue we need to look beyond launches and hardware to the social foundations of space power: legitimacy, recognition, leadership, and sociability, building on insights from the International Society approach.

Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space The ‘rise of China’ is one of the most important developments in the field of space activities. In recent years, China has made considerable progress in advancing its space capabilities and now pla...

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🚀⭐️ New in Pacific Review: “Empire of the stars not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space”.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The race to replace the International Space Station After 25 years in orbit, the International Space Station will be decommissioned from 2030 – and a race is underway to replace it. NASA is backing privately run space stations to keep humans in orbit, ...

Great to be quoted in this @news.sky.com article on the race to replace the International Space Station. 🚀 Really interesting moment for the future of research & commercial activity in low Earth orbit.
news.sky.com/story/the-ra...

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🛰️ New Space Policy volume now available!: themes include cooperation & sustainability; EU SST; space economy; space mining; Mars governance; electronics assurance terms; satellite recycling; STEM/NewSpace; space education.
➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac... @lseideas.bsky.social

On 21 October, I had the pleasure of being part of one of the panels at the inaugural Prospero Conference, hosted by @fasikcl.bsky.social in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (SONAC) discussing the evolving threat landscape in space.
Thanks to all who made it happen!
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🚀 New issue of Space Policy (Vol. 73) is out! Topics include India’s #SpaceEconomy, cislunar security, satellite mega-constellations, European space sovereignty & more.
Read here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Building Skills for Space Diplomacy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Space diplomacy is of vital importance in avoiding war and building collaboration across civilian, commercial, and military space affairs. But there is little knowledge or training on the subject, eve...

🚀 Don’t miss this ISA event led by Prof Saadia Pekkanen:
Building Skills for Space Diplomacy
📅 Sep 15, 2025 | 4:00 PM (London)
1-hr overview of the legal, political & policy foundations shaping space governance.
👉 Register: isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#SpaceDiplomacy #ISA #SpacePolicy

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth spaceflight of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary heading for their countries' first visit to the International Space Station.

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission
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India’s Space Policy: Between Strategic Autonomy and Alignment With the United States India’s space policy, once driven primarily by domestic development goals, is increasingly aligning with that of the United States. How it approaches the norms of space governance, however, could pro…

Pleased to share my CFR policy memo on India’s Space Policy.

I examine how India is reshaping its space policy and engaging with emerging global norms in space.

🔗 www.cfr.org/article/indi...

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📚 LSE IDEAS also hosts the Space Policy Journal: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac...

Space Policy LSE IDEAS Space Policy seeks to share insights into the evolving relationship between space policy and international politics.

Part of the LSE IDEAS Space Policy Project, which I have the privilege of heading.
🔗 Project: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/projec...

#SpacePolicy #SpaceEconomy #NewSpace #InternationalRelations #LSE @lsepress.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social

🚀 New @lseideas.bsky.social report by Jana Fey & Walter Peeters
“The Changing Economy of Space Application and Exploration”
How evolving space economies—from state-led to New Space—shape international cooperation and geopolitical tensions.
📖 www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...

#SpaceSecurity #OuterSpace #China #India #Geopolitics #OpenAccess #HAFReview #BlueSkyAcademics @lsepress.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

Thanks to Professor Kolovos for the invitation, and to the Air Force Command and Staff College + Colonel (Pilot) Dimitrios Zervos for supporting the project. Thoughtful military–academic dialogue on space is more important than ever.

The issue, edited by Professor Alexandros Kolovos, brings together a great lineup of contributors thinking seriously about space, strategy, and geopolitics.
Full issue 👉 www.haf.gr/news/publica...

🚀 Excited to share my latest piece: China and India as Space Powers: Geopolitics, Domestic Interests, and Prestige—now out in the Hellenic Air Force Review, part of a special issue on space security in a multipolar world.
📖 drive.google.com/file/d/1RpM7...

China Treads Carefully in the Eastern Mediterranean From Syria to Turkiye and Egypt to Israel, how is China navigating the web of very complex relations in the region?

China Treads Carefully in the Eastern Mediterranean
thediplomat.com/2025/05/chin...

Kosmos 482: Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.

Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
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Thank you Maaike!

5/ Thanks to the editors for including our work in this rich and timely volume on global space politics and policy.
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4/ We look at the drivers behind this shift, from geopolitical pressures to strategic ambitions, and what it means for India’s place in the global space order.

3/ Once focused primarily on development, India’s space agenda now includes:
🚀 Exploration
🛰️ National defense
🌐 Diplomacy & soft power
💼 Commercialisation & private sector growth

2/ Our chapter is titled:
“The Metamorphosis of India’s Space Policy in a Changing Space Order.”

It examines how and why India’s space policy has changed so significantly in recent years.

The Metamorphosis of India's Space Policy in a Changing Space Order* | This chapter explores the transformation of India’s space policy from a focus on space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige. India’s early

🧵1/ A bit late in posting this, but I’m very pleased to have co-authored a chapter with Rajeswari Rajagopalan for the Routledge Handbook of Space Policy, edited by Mariel Borowitz, Thomas Hoerber, Antonella Forganni, and Bruno Reynaud de Sousa.
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...