Edited by Kai-Uwe Schrogl, European Space Agency, Christina Giannopapa, International Astronautical Federation (IAF), France and Ntorina Antoni, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

• Contents:Introduction: A research agenda for space policy in the 2020s xxi1 Outer space as a global commons and the role ofspace law 1Olavo de O. Bittencourt Neto2 International cooperation and competition inouter space 19Larry F. Martinez3 Emergence of and perspectives for a newparadigm in space diplomacy 37Kenneth Hodgkins and Adam Routh4 Space traffic management for the future 53Kimitake Nakamura5 Approaches to space technology developments 71Didier Alary6 Militarization and securitization of outer space 89Arne Sönnichsen7 Regional policy approaches to space security inthe US, Asia and Europe 103Pascal Legai8 Critical infrastructure protection and spacesystem resilience 117Christian Heideck and Niklas Reinke9 Space for public policies 133Isabelle Sourbès-Verger10 Space and economic development on Earth: thecase of blue economy 151Annalisa Donati, Lauryn Lee Hallet andJean-Jacques Tortora11 Use of outer space resources 171Fabio Tronchetti12 Settling in outer space 187P.J. Blount13 Space, society and public value 203Rick Wylie, Estelle Godard and Gianluigi Baldesi14 Space as a source of inspiration, identity and the arts 219Saskia VermeylenIndex 235

‘The space industry is rapidly evolving and as a result, space policy plays an increasingly important and impactful role. The Research Agenda for Space Policy covers pressing topics which have been at the center of the space policy discourse and will continue to be in the 2020s. Esteemed global space policy shapers have contributed to this work, and it is a must read for students, academics, industry, and anyone with an interest in the future of space policy.’