Exciting times indeed. Get in touch if you have a monograph on astropolitics in mind! Thanks to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for getting behind the idea of an Astropolitics book series!
🔭 Keep your eye out for this new #Astropolitics series edited by @bleddb.bsky.social coming later this year!
Details here 👉 bit.ly/4drqhlh
#Politics #OuterSpace
Details here 👉 bit.ly/4drqhlh
#Politics #OuterSpace
May 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Exciting times indeed. Get in touch if you have a monograph on astropolitics in mind! Thanks to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for getting behind the idea of an Astropolitics book series!
I'm delighted that our Astropolitics Working Group at @mybisa.bsky.social now has 100+ members. Thanks to our members, BISA, and various guests for the continued support as we help to make Astropolitics a recognisable, tangible specialism in International Relations!
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Astropolitics
The Astropolitics Working Group brings together scholars working on the politics of outer space. In this nascent field, we support, develop, and enrich research in studying the international politics ...
www.bisa.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm delighted that our Astropolitics Working Group at @mybisa.bsky.social now has 100+ members. Thanks to our members, BISA, and various guests for the continued support as we help to make Astropolitics a recognisable, tangible specialism in International Relations!
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Meet your new Astropolitics Working Group Conveners!
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
September 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Meet your new Astropolitics Working Group Conveners!
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
Props ready for the first seminar with my undergraduate astropolitics students!
January 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Props ready for the first seminar with my undergraduate astropolitics students!
Something that Star Trek and it's gathering Star Warsification obsession with superweapons (which began in TNG, then accelerated bit by bit, until it became terminal in the now-adays) is how...like...
the whole thing that made star trek astropolitics is everyone already was a death star
the whole thing that made star trek astropolitics is everyone already was a death star
June 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Something that Star Trek and it's gathering Star Warsification obsession with superweapons (which began in TNG, then accelerated bit by bit, until it became terminal in the now-adays) is how...like...
the whole thing that made star trek astropolitics is everyone already was a death star
the whole thing that made star trek astropolitics is everyone already was a death star
American space warfare is the continuation of pork barrel astropolitics by other means.
September 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
American space warfare is the continuation of pork barrel astropolitics by other means.
You can read my #OpenAccess @ejisbisa.bsky.social paper here: 'The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space Security and the system builders'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space security and the system builders | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space security and the system builders
www.cambridge.org
August 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
You can read my #OpenAccess @ejisbisa.bsky.social paper here: 'The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space Security and the system builders'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Looking forward to seeing this start off our new Bloomsbury Studies in Astropolitics series!
Not done by any stretch but 'feature complete' as they say, will submit end of October...
August 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Looking forward to seeing this start off our new Bloomsbury Studies in Astropolitics series!
Hello! We are finally on BlueSky. We are a group of 100+ members of @mybisa.bsky.social who research the international political aspects of space and its adjacent sub-disciplines (e.g. history, law, political theory). Convened by @bleddb.bsky.social and Sarah Lieberman. Find out more 👇
Astropolitics
The Astropolitics Working Group brings together scholars working on the politics of outer space. In this nascent field, we support, develop, and enrich research in studying the international politics ...
www.bisa.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hello! We are finally on BlueSky. We are a group of 100+ members of @mybisa.bsky.social who research the international political aspects of space and its adjacent sub-disciplines (e.g. history, law, political theory). Convened by @bleddb.bsky.social and Sarah Lieberman. Find out more 👇
Is China a great power in space? Join me on 26 March for an online event hosted by the Astropolitics Working Group of @BritishIntS.
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
March 19, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Is China a great power in space? Join me on 26 March for an online event hosted by the Astropolitics Working Group of @BritishIntS.
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
If you won't/can't get round to reading his excellent book, I'll be discussing the book with @aaronbateman.bsky.social himself at a @mybisa.bsky.social Astropolitics Working Group event on 11th November. Virtual event, open and free to all, register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
October 2, 2024 at 1:12 PM
If you won't/can't get round to reading his excellent book, I'll be discussing the book with @aaronbateman.bsky.social himself at a @mybisa.bsky.social Astropolitics Working Group event on 11th November. Virtual event, open and free to all, register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
WHIGS IN SPACE! Or why democratisation, commercialisation, and militarisation rhetoric about space is wrong.
Very happy to see my new research article published with @ejisbisa.bsky.social!
The Perils of periodising astropolitics: space security and the system builders
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
🧵👇
Very happy to see my new research article published with @ejisbisa.bsky.social!
The Perils of periodising astropolitics: space security and the system builders
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
🧵👇
March 24, 2026 at 9:06 AM
WHIGS IN SPACE! Or why democratisation, commercialisation, and militarisation rhetoric about space is wrong.
Very happy to see my new research article published with @ejisbisa.bsky.social!
The Perils of periodising astropolitics: space security and the system builders
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
🧵👇
Very happy to see my new research article published with @ejisbisa.bsky.social!
The Perils of periodising astropolitics: space security and the system builders
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
🧵👇
The Republic -- Old and New -- stood for twenty-five thousand years and so thoroughly dominated galactic astropolitics that there are no other galactic states worth mentioning. The United Federation of Planets was a civilisation. The Galactic Republic was civilisation
January 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Republic -- Old and New -- stood for twenty-five thousand years and so thoroughly dominated galactic astropolitics that there are no other galactic states worth mentioning. The United Federation of Planets was a civilisation. The Galactic Republic was civilisation
🚨Call for papers for the Third @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop
Hosting its third in-person workshop at @durham-university.bsky.social
on 9 December with the support of Durham's Space Research Centre Astropolitics is looking for abstracts! 🌟
Submit here - buff.ly/rUDOWd3
@bleddb.bsky.social
Hosting its third in-person workshop at @durham-university.bsky.social
on 9 December with the support of Durham's Space Research Centre Astropolitics is looking for abstracts! 🌟
Submit here - buff.ly/rUDOWd3
@bleddb.bsky.social
Call for papers: Third Astropolitics Working Group workshop- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
buff.ly
July 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨Call for papers for the Third @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop
Hosting its third in-person workshop at @durham-university.bsky.social
on 9 December with the support of Durham's Space Research Centre Astropolitics is looking for abstracts! 🌟
Submit here - buff.ly/rUDOWd3
@bleddb.bsky.social
Hosting its third in-person workshop at @durham-university.bsky.social
on 9 December with the support of Durham's Space Research Centre Astropolitics is looking for abstracts! 🌟
Submit here - buff.ly/rUDOWd3
@bleddb.bsky.social
Yep. I had a strictly policed word-limited rant about Golden Dome and its sillyness (as a nuclear missile shield) here: www.astro-politics.org/articles/gol...
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Yep. I had a strictly policed word-limited rant about Golden Dome and its sillyness (as a nuclear missile shield) here: www.astro-politics.org/articles/gol...
Reminder to register for our AWG Book Talk event next week: @aaronbateman.bsky.social will talk about his great new book, Weapons in Space: The Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative, MIT Press.
15:30 GMT, 11 November
@mybisa.bsky.social
Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
15:30 GMT, 11 November
@mybisa.bsky.social
Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Book talk - Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Reminder to register for our AWG Book Talk event next week: @aaronbateman.bsky.social will talk about his great new book, Weapons in Space: The Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative, MIT Press.
15:30 GMT, 11 November
@mybisa.bsky.social
Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
15:30 GMT, 11 November
@mybisa.bsky.social
Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Meet your new Astropolitics Working Group Conveners!
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva Lefort
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva Lefort
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
September 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Meet your new Astropolitics Working Group Conveners!
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva Lefort
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Dr Thomas Cheney
Northumbria University
Dr Marieta Valdiva Lefort
Space Court Foundation
Dr Marjan Ajevski
The Open University
Thomas Knight (Social Media Officer)
Canterbury Christ Church University
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Don't forget to register for our next talk!
'Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?' with Dr Mia Bennett on Tuesday 12th May at 16:00hrs on Zoom.
Registration is free!
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
'Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?' with Dr Mia Bennett on Tuesday 12th May at 16:00hrs on Zoom.
Registration is free!
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
April 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Don't forget to register for our next talk!
'Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?' with Dr Mia Bennett on Tuesday 12th May at 16:00hrs on Zoom.
Registration is free!
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
'Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?' with Dr Mia Bennett on Tuesday 12th May at 16:00hrs on Zoom.
Registration is free!
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
We have a number of Astropolitics Working Group panels and a roundtable or two! See you in Belfast!
📢The #BISA2025 programme has been released & registration is open!!
All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration/accommodation. Any queries email conferences@bisa.ac.uk
@julietdryden.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social
All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration/accommodation. Any queries email conferences@bisa.ac.uk
@julietdryden.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We have a number of Astropolitics Working Group panels and a roundtable or two! See you in Belfast!
📚 @astropoliticswg.bsky.social Book talk: 15 May
@fiona-cunningham.bsky.social will be discussing her new book 'Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security'
To register now 👉 buff.ly/4UaCBm9
@princetonupress.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
@fiona-cunningham.bsky.social will be discussing her new book 'Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security'
To register now 👉 buff.ly/4UaCBm9
@princetonupress.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
Book talk: Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
buff.ly
April 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 @astropoliticswg.bsky.social Book talk: 15 May
@fiona-cunningham.bsky.social will be discussing her new book 'Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security'
To register now 👉 buff.ly/4UaCBm9
@princetonupress.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
@fiona-cunningham.bsky.social will be discussing her new book 'Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security'
To register now 👉 buff.ly/4UaCBm9
@princetonupress.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
oh there's a word for geopolitics in space; astropolitics
August 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
oh there's a word for geopolitics in space; astropolitics
Delighted to announce the call for papers for our 3rd AWG In-Person Workshop, this time at Durham University, on 9th December 2025. Details below - open to BISA members only.
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Call for papers: Third Astropolitics Working Group workshop- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Delighted to announce the call for papers for our 3rd AWG In-Person Workshop, this time at Durham University, on 9th December 2025. Details below - open to BISA members only.
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
🛰️ The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space security and the system builders
By Bleddyn E. Bowen – @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
By Bleddyn E. Bowen – @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space security and the system builders | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space security and the system builders
www.cambridge.org
March 27, 2026 at 9:04 AM
🛰️ The perils of periodising astropolitics: Space security and the system builders
By Bleddyn E. Bowen – @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
By Bleddyn E. Bowen – @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In which I say the Moon is economically pointless. There’s no self sustaining commercial demand for doing anything on the Moon. Thanks to @channel4news.bsky.social for the invitation to talk astropolitics!
NASA unveils moon base plans in race with China
Flushed with success after its record-breaking Artemis II mission around the moon, NASA has now outlined its plans for a first phase of a base on the moon.
www.channel4.com
May 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
In which I say the Moon is economically pointless. There’s no self sustaining commercial demand for doing anything on the Moon. Thanks to @channel4news.bsky.social for the invitation to talk astropolitics!
Provocative opinion piece! Europe needs to match talk of 'Europe' with continental, not state, budgets and returns. Widepsread consensus and political leadership needed. Yet Europe has dealt with being 'late' in space tech before, as mentioned in my recent academic paper (open access):
April 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Provocative opinion piece! Europe needs to match talk of 'Europe' with continental, not state, budgets and returns. Widepsread consensus and political leadership needed. Yet Europe has dealt with being 'late' in space tech before, as mentioned in my recent academic paper (open access):