Mauduit, J-C;
(2017)
Collaboration around the International Space Station: science for diplomacy and its implication for US-Russia and China relations.
In: Park, J, (ed.)
Proceedings of 7th Annual SAIS Asia Conference (SAIS 2018).
Secure World Foundation: Washington, DC, USA.
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Abstract
The recent years have seen a post-cold war all time low in United States and Russia diplomatic relations, with the U.S. (and Europe) using stern economic sanctions over Russia’s involvement in Crimea and Syria. While those tensions have resulted in some initial controversial statements and threats about the two countries' collaboration around space exploration, the two major agencies, NASA and Roscosmos, have not only recently agreed to collaborate until 2024 on the International Space Station (ISS), but have also announced plans for a new ISS 2.0 and further collaboration on Mars exploration. How can the two conflicting policies be reconciled, and how does space collaboration participate to the maintenance of strong diplomatic ties? What lessons can be drawn from the U.S.-Russia diplomatic relations around the ISS, especially with regards to US-China relations? It will be argued that the longstanding ISS collaboration between the U.S. and Russia has led to the creation of solid ties between the two agencies and locked their respective scientists in an interdependent, collaborative relationship to the point of becoming an anchor point amid geopolitical tensions. Using historical, Wikileaks documents and recent statements, it will be shown that scientific collaboration participates in creating stable, lasting ties through track II science diplomacy, across borders and political divides. It will therefore be recommended that, to further harness the power of space diplomacy, the U.S. should seek to engage China and Asian countries in its future space endeavors.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Collaboration around the International Space Station: science for diplomacy and its implication for US-Russia and China relations |
| Event: | 7th Annual SAIS Asia Conference (SAIS 2018), 30 March 2019, Washington, DC, USA |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Dates: | 30 March 2017 - 30 March 2017 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://swfound.org/media/205798/sais-conference-j... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083727 |
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