Space Grand Strategy in the Light of International Relations Theory
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https://doi.org/10.69760/egjlle.2504003Keywords:
Outer Space, International Politics, Space Macro Strategy, Classical Theories, Synthesis Theories, New TheoriesAbstract
International politics has undergone a transformation in the 21st century. The course of such changes, while demonstrating the intertwining of international politics and a new phenomenon such as outer space, challenges the ability of international relations theories in a situation where the impact of international politics developments has been imprinted on their entire body.
International relations theories have experienced emergence, decline, or transformation one by one, from the formation of the first space activities during the early space age to the growth of innovation in space technologies and the continuation of activities in the new space age.
This article relies on a qualitative approach and a theoretical-applied research method in order to answer the question of what is the status of international relations theories in dealing with the transformed international politics affected by space technologies? The findings of the research, after addressing the relationship between politics and outer space and the approaches of theories categorized in the form of (a) classical: neorealism and neoliberalism, (b) synthesis: structuralism and postmodernism, and (c) modern: postmodernism and environmentalism, indicate the need to strengthen, correct, and adjust, or even fail, and emphasize the presentation of a new theoretical model that places a range of actors at the center of its attention, includes material and immaterial structures together, and considers the processes resulting from the virtualization of reality that shape the developments in international politics in the twenty-first century and affected by outer space.
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