Europe's spacepower may indicate a growing concern about strategic autonomy, but its fragmented authority suggests it could struggle to translate technological competence into strategic power, which may limit its ability to act independently in a crisis.
Fragmented Authority Limits European Autonomy
Europe has developed impressive space capabilities, including the Galileo satellite system and Copernicus Earth-observation program, but its fragmented authority and reliance on the US for some strategic enablers limit its strategic autonomy, according to a report by Dr. Lamont Colucci, as published in GIS Reports.
Europe's spacepower may indicate a growing concern about strategic autonomy, but its fragmented authority suggests it could struggle to translate technological competence into strategic power, which may limit its ability to act independently in a crisis.
Fragmented Authority Limits European Autonomy
Europe has developed impressive space capabilities, including the Galileo satellite system and Copernicus Earth-observation program, but its fragmented authority and reliance on the US for some strategic enablers limit its strategic autonomy, according to a report by Dr. Lamont Colucci, as published in GIS Reports.