https://spacewatch.global/tag/geopolitics/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:38:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/geopolitics/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/spacewatchgl-opinion-how-much-is-the-moon-worth/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73212
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From Trillions to Governance: The Legal Vacuum in Lunar Resource Extraction]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/space-cafe-radio-with-prof-michael-byers/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68184 In this episode of Space Café Radio, Torsten Kriening sit down with Professor Michael Byers, co-director of the Outer Space Institute in Vancouver, to discuss pressing issues in space governance. Recorded at a scenic street café in Berlin, Michael  sheds light on the potential future crisis in Earth's orbit, comparing it to the current plastic crisis in our oceans. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/11/spacewatchgl-opinion-what-the-space-industry-needs-markets-communication-leadership/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62237 For the past four years, as Editor-in-Chief of SpaceWatch.Global, I’ve travelled to more than 50 live conferences, covering the full spectrum of topics in the space industry. Geopolitics, sustainability, defence, technology, and more.  I interviewed politicians, UN representatives, young entrepreneurs, old entrepreneurs, engineers of any kind, DGs, CEOs, CCOs, CTOs, students, scientists, lawyers, astronauts. Journalists, unlike policymakers or intelligence officials, have a unique role—we lack classified information but hold a broad, horizontal view of the narratives circulating, and perhaps more revealingly, what’s missing from those narratives. Here is what I’ve learned from listening, speaking, and observing across this vast global industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/space-cafe-radio-geopolitics-bridging-the-gap-space-and-geospatial-sector-challenges/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61304 In this episode of Space Cafe Radio, host Torsten Kriening interviews Kevin Pomfret, partner at Williams Mullen Law Firm and founder of the Center for Spatial Law and Policy. Kevin leverages his 30 years of experience in corporate and transactional law to help companies in the space and spatial sectors grow and innovate. He works with a wide range of businesses that use technologies such as small sats, cloud computing, 5G, ML/AI, 3D and UAVs to develop commercial, government and societal applications.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/space-cafe-radio-geopolitics-diplomatic-strides-and-small-victories-with-dr-jessica-west/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61063 Join Torsten Kriening and renowned expert Dr. Jessica West in this engaging episode]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/space-cafe-radio-the-sins-of-ariane-with-prof-patrizia-caraveo/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52279 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/space-cafe-black-ops-by-dr-emma-gatti-with-dr-namrata-goswami-ep-4-recap/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49258 Black Ops is our bi-monthly appointment with space geopolitics. This new series sees as visitor guest Dr. Namrata Goswami in dialogue with chief editor Dr. Emma Gatti. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/space-cafe-black-ops-by-dr-emma-gatti-with-dr-namrata-goswami-ep-3-recap/ Fri, 26 May 2023 18:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49067 Black Ops is our bi-monthly appointment with space geopolitics. This new series sees as visitor guest Dr. Namrata Goswami in dialogue with chief editor Dr. Emma Gatti]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-black-ops-by-dr-emma-gatti/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44510 Black Ops returns with a mini-series fully dedicated to the Indo-Pacific and global geopolitical Space picture. Protagonist of the mini-series will be Dr. Namrata Goswami, an independent scholar on space policy and Great Power Politics. In the first episode of six, Namrata will discuss with SpaceWatch.Global Editor in Chief Emma Gatti the values, interests and cultures of the U.S., China, Russia, India, Japan, so to explain their investment in space capabilities.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-geopolitics-of-investing-in-the-space-domain-beyond-war-and-peace/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:20:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41577 With space as a far-reaching domain entangled with Earth issues across many industries, geopolitics affect how global alliances deal with security in orbit and beyond, and how collaborative governance motivates investment: from connectivity to Earth observation to crowded orbits and debris, to energy, space traffic management, space exploration and resources utilization.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-amna-al-owais-on-17-may-2022/ Sun, 01 May 2022 08:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40710&preview=true&preview_id=40710 This Space Café WebTalk will feature Amna Al Owais, the Chief Registrar of the DIFC Courts, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Courts of Space: A Conversation about Dispute Resolution. Amna Al Owais is currently the Chief Registrar of the DIFC Courts and oversees operations and quality management, supervising the Courts’ Judicial Officers and Registry personnel]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/space-cafe-webtalk-recap-dr-bleddyn-bowen-on-war-in-space-strategy-spacepower-geopolitics/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23922 https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/serbia-and-china-sign-space-technology-cooperation-agreement/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23298 Serbia and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on space technology cooperation on 5 June 2020. The MoU includes a provision for the joint development of a Sino-Serbian satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-afshon-ostovar-on-the-irgcs-space-role/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22341 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-aniseh-bassiri-tabrizis-view-on-the-political-implications/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22346 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-tal-inbar-on-the-israeli-reaction/ Tue, 12 May 2020 13:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22338 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-seyed-hossein-mousavians-iranian-view/ Mon, 11 May 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22335 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-perspectives-on-irans-satellite-launch-gawdat-bahgat-on-the-launch-defying-maximum-pressure/ Mon, 11 May 2020 13:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22332 On 22 April 2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite - the Noor-1 (Farsi for 'Light') - on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-gl-opinion-lunapolitics-or-lunapolitik-the-choice-is-ours/ Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22321 More than fifty years after the first Apollo Moon landings, we are witnessing the rise of Lunapolitics, where the Moon’s topography - or ‘Lunography’ - from below its surface through to Cislunar space intersects with Earthly political and economic interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-opinion-russias-nudol-asat-test-a-short-analysis/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21730 Recently, Russia announced that it will conduct a test of its Nudol ASAT system on 15 April 2020. In fact, such a test was subsequently carried out. The ground-based ballistic missile took off from its test site in Plesetsk, in north-western Russia.]]>