EU Space Policy and Defence
The development of EU space policy and the establishment of the EU Space Programme have long rested on a decoupling between the civilian aspects of space management, where the EU would play a leading role, and the use of space for defence purposes, which would remain exclusively in the hands of the Member States. Recent practice calls into question the rigidity of this separation.
Speaker: Dr Alberto Miglio, University of Turin and Georgetown University, London
Discussant: Miguel Nkegbe, City Law School, City St George’s, University of London (tbc)
Chair: Prof Panos Koutrakos, City Law School, City St George’s, University of London
The event is organised by the Institute for the Study of European Laws (ISEL).
Abstract
The development of EU space policy and the establishment of the EU Space Programme have long rested on a decoupling between the civilian aspects of space management, where the EU would play a leading role, and the use of space for defence purposes, which would remain exclusively in the hands of the Member States. Recent practice calls into question the rigidity of this separation.
On the one hand, security and defence considerations are increasingly incorporated in EU space policy and in the operation of the EU Space Programme.
On the other hand, the reaction to space threats is a major concern for the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). This dual dynamic gives rise to a peculiar model of coordination between CSDP and sectoral EU policies.
About the speaker
Alberto Miglio is associate professor of European Union Law at the University of Turin and Faculty Member of the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (Georgetown University) in London for the Fall Semester 2024.
His main research areas are differentiated integration, the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, and EU private international law.
Since 2022 Alberto has been lecturing on Common Security and Defence Policy at the Centre for Higher Defense Studies of the Italian Ministry of Defence.