course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Last update: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (16.09.2019)
The aim of the course is to comprehensively cover a field of space security – that is the secure access to, and operations in space, free from space-related threats. Outer space has its physical, legal, regulatory, political and economic distinctions that interact with threats to this domain. The course also offers an understanding of the geopolitics of space, including the most pressing space security challenges posed by counterspace activities by its major space-faring nations. Students enrolled in the course will gain a thorough knowledge of major topics related to space politics, law and security. A set of lectures and seminars will provide students with a foundational understanding with regard to broad space security issues both from a theoretical and practical point of view.
Last update: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (15.02.2020)
The aim of the course is to comprehensively cover a field of space security – that is the secure access to, and operations in space, free from space-related threats. Outer space has its physical, legal, regulatory, political and economic distinctions that interact with threats to this domain. The course also offers an understanding of the geopolitics of space, including the most pressing space security challenges posed by counterspace activities by its major space-faring nations. Students enrolled in the course will gain a thorough knowledge of major topics related to space politics, law and security. A set of lectures and seminars will provide students with a foundational understanding with regard to broad space security issues both from a theoretical and practical point of view.
Course completion requirements
Last update: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (21.08.2021)
· Group presentation (30 %)
· Final paper (40%)
· Simulation (10 %)
· Active participation (20 %)
Grading
A - excellent
Excellent upper (A1)
100 – 96
Excellent lower (A2)
95 - 91
B – very good
Very good upper (B1)
90 - 86
Very good lower (B2)
85 – 81
C - good
Good upper (C1)
80 – 76
Good lower (C2)
75 – 71
D - satisfactory
Satisfactory upper (D1)
70 – 66
Satisfactory lower (D2)
65 – 61
E - sufficient
Sufficient upper (E1)
60 - 56
Sufficient lower (E2)
55 - 51
F - fail
50 - 0
Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (16.09.2019)
Al-Rodhan, N.R.F. (2012). Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space: An Analysis of Space Power, Security and Governance. (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Chapter 3: Space Technologies and Meta-Geopolitics.
Dolman, E. (1999). Geostrategy in the space age: An astropolitical analysis. Journal of Strategic Studies 22 (2-3).
Johnson-Freese, J. (2017). Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens. (New York: Routledge).
McCormick, P. (2015). Space Situational Awarness in Europe: The Fractures and the Federative Aspects of European Space Efforts. Astropolitics 13 (1).
Moltz, J. C. (2014). Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space. New York: Columbia University Press.
Paikowsky, D. (2017). What Is New Space? The Changing Ecosystem of Global Space Activity. New Space 5 (2), pp. 84-88.
Quintana, E. (2017). The New Space Age. The RUSI Journal 162 (3), pp. 88-109.
Tellis, A. (2007). China´s Military Space Strategy. Survival 49 (3), pp. 41-72.
Wang, S.-C. (2009). The Making of New “Space”: Cases of transatlantic Astropolitics. Geopolitics 14 (3), pp. 433-461.
Zhang, Y. (2013). The eagle eyes the dragon in space – A critique. Space Policy 29 (2), pp. 113-120.
Last update: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (15.02.2020)
Al-Rodhan, N.R.F. (2012). Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space: An Analysis of Space Power, Security and Governance. (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Chapter 3: Space Technologies and Meta-Geopolitics.
Dolman, E. (1999). Geostrategy in the space age: An astropolitical analysis. Journal of Strategic Studies 22 (2-3).
Johnson-Freese, J. (2017). Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens. (New York: Routledge).
McCormick, P. (2015). Space Situational Awarness in Europe: The Fractures and the Federative Aspects of European Space Efforts. Astropolitics 13 (1).
Moltz, J. C. (2014). Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space. New York: Columbia University Press.
Paikowsky, D. (2017). What Is New Space? The Changing Ecosystem of Global Space Activity. New Space 5 (2), pp. 84-88.
Quintana, E. (2017). The New Space Age. The RUSI Journal 162 (3), pp. 88-109.
Tellis, A. (2007). China´s Military Space Strategy. Survival 49 (3), pp. 41-72.
Wang, S.-C. (2009). The Making of New “Space”: Cases of transatlantic Astropolitics. Geopolitics 14 (3), pp. 433-461.
Zhang, Y. (2013). The eagle eyes the dragon in space – A critique. Space Policy 29 (2), pp. 113-120.
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (27.10.2019)
· Group presentation (20 %)
· Final paper (40%)
· Final online test (20 %)
· Active participation (20 %)
Grading
A - excellent
Excellent upper (A1)
100 – 96
Excellent lower (A2)
95 - 91
B – very good
Very good upper (B1)
90 - 86
Very good lower (B2)
85 – 81
C - good
Good upper (C1)
80 – 76
Good lower (C2)
75 – 71
D - satisfactory
Satisfactory upper (D1)
70 – 66
Satisfactory lower (D2)
65 – 61
E - sufficient
Sufficient upper (E1)
60 - 56
Sufficient lower (E2)
55 - 51
F - fail
50 - 0
Last update: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (21.08.2021)
· Skupinová prezentace (30 %)
· Závěrečná esej (40%)
· Simulace (10 %)
· Aktivní účast (20 %)
Syllabus
Last update: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (20.08.2021)
1) Introduction
2) Space as a strategic domain - physical and theoretical perspectives on the outer space
3) Historical and geopolitical development in outer space
4) NewSpace - access to space, nano-satellites, commercialization of space activities, space tourism
5) Space law and orbital debris
6) Dual-use systems and space weapons
7) Space strategy and warfare, space situational (domain) awareness
