Features of the International Regulation of Space Activities

Elena Sidorova

doi:10.22151/politikon.19.7

Authors

Elena Sidorova Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Moscow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.19.7

Keywords:

international legal system, space, regulation

Abstract

To identify key prerequisites for the formation of the international system of space activities regulation, there are analyzed the paper starts with the analysis of four distinctive space security theories. The author compares and contrasts special features relating to the international space activities regulation in the 20th century with the contemporary ones. Apart from the military side of the issue, there is tackled the problem of international private space activities regulation. Three development stages of private space activities are defined. The overall obsolescence of the present international legal system of space activities regulation is proven.

Author Biography

Elena Sidorova, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Moscow

Elena Sidorova, 20, is a fourth year student majoring in International Relations at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. She writes her Bachelor Thesis on the political role of the Jewish Diaspora in the USA. She currently works as a Junior Researcher at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies in Moscow. Her academic interests include U.S.-Russia relations, history of international relations, international law, political psychology and political philosophy.