Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 New issue of Space Policy (Vol. 73) is out! Topics include India’s #SpaceEconomy, cislunar security, satellite mega-constellations, European space sovereignty & more.
Read here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac...
#SpacePolicy #SpaceResearch @lseideas.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social

Space Policy | Vol 73, August 2025 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Space Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 29d

🚀 Don’t miss this ISA event led by Prof Saadia Pekkanen:
Building Skills for Space Diplomacy
📅 Sep 15, 2025 | 4:00 PM (London)
1-hr overview of the legal, political & policy foundations shaping space governance.
👉 Register: isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#SpaceDiplomacy #ISA #SpacePolicy

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Building Skills for Space Diplomacy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Space diplomacy is of vital importance in avoiding war and building collaboration across civilian, commercial, and military space affairs. But there is little knowledge or training on the subject, eve...

isanet-org.zoom.us

2

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Jun 26

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission
www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission

NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth spaceflight of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary heading for their countries' first visit to the International Space Station.

www.reuters.com

2

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Jun 11

Pleased to share my CFR policy memo on India’s Space Policy.

I examine how India is reshaping its space policy and engaging with emerging global norms in space.

🔗 www.cfr.org/article/indi...

@lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

India’s Space Policy: Between Strategic Autonomy and Alignment With the United States

India’s space policy, once driven primarily by domestic development goals, is increasingly aligning with that of the United States. How it approaches the norms of space governance, however, could pro…

www.cfr.org

3 7

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Jun 6

📚 LSE IDEAS also hosts the Space Policy Journal: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac...

Space Policy | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Space Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Jun 6

Part of the LSE IDEAS Space Policy Project, which I have the privilege of heading.
🔗 Project: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/projec...

#SpacePolicy #SpaceEconomy #NewSpace #InternationalRelations #LSE @lsepress.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social

Space Policy

LSE IDEAS Space Policy seeks to share insights into the evolving relationship between space policy and international politics.

www.lse.ac.uk

1 2

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚀 New @lseideas.bsky.social report by Jana Fey & Walter Peeters
“The Changing Economy of Space Application and Exploration”
How evolving space economies—from state-led to New Space—shape international cooperation and geopolitical tensions.
📖 www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...

1 1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 22

#SpaceSecurity #OuterSpace #China #India #Geopolitics #OpenAccess #HAFReview #BlueSkyAcademics @lsepress.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 22

Thanks to Professor Kolovos for the invitation, and to the Air Force Command and Staff College + Colonel (Pilot) Dimitrios Zervos for supporting the project. Thoughtful military–academic dialogue on space is more important than ever.

1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 22

The issue, edited by Professor Alexandros Kolovos, brings together a great lineup of contributors thinking seriously about space, strategy, and geopolitics.
Full issue 👉 www.haf.gr/news/publica...

www.haf.gr

1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 22

🚀 Excited to share my latest piece: China and India as Space Powers: Geopolitics, Domestic Interests, and Prestige—now out in the Hellenic Air Force Review, part of a special issue on space security in a multipolar world.
📖 drive.google.com/file/d/1RpM7...

09-China and India as Space Powers Geopolitics, Domestic Interests, and Prestige, Dimitrios Stroikos.pdf

drive.google.com

1 2 4

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 21

China Treads Carefully in the Eastern Mediterranean
thediplomat.com/2025/05/chin...

China Treads Carefully in the Eastern Mediterranean

From Syria to Turkiye and Egypt to Israel, how is China navigating the web of very complex relations in the region?

thediplomat.com

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 10

Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Kosmos 482: Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.

www.bbc.com

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you Maaike!

1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

5/ Thanks to the editors for including our work in this rich and timely volume on global space politics and policy.
@lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social

2

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

4/ We look at the drivers behind this shift, from geopolitical pressures to strategic ambitions, and what it means for India’s place in the global space order.

1 2

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

3/ Once focused primarily on development, India’s space agenda now includes:
🚀 Exploration
🛰️ National defense
🌐 Diplomacy & soft power
💼 Commercialisation & private sector growth

1 1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

2/ Our chapter is titled:
“The Metamorphosis of India’s Space Policy in a Changing Space Order.”

It examines how and why India’s space policy has changed so significantly in recent years.

1 1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

🧵1/ A bit late in posting this, but I’m very pleased to have co-authored a chapter with Rajeswari Rajagopalan for the Routledge Handbook of Space Policy, edited by Mariel Borowitz, Thomas Hoerber, Antonella Forganni, and Bruno Reynaud de Sousa.
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

The Metamorphosis of India's Space Policy in a Changing Space Order* |

This chapter explores the transformation of India’s space policy from a focus on space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige. India’s early

www.taylorfrancis.com

2 3 7

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · May 1

Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to International Space Station to launch on May 29
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/axio...

Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to International Space Station to launch on May 29 - The Times of India

Science News: NEW DELHI: The Axiom-4 Space Mission, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla along with three other crew members, is scheduled to be laun.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

1

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Apr 28

Honored to speak at the @nereusaisbl.bsky.social NEREUS 2025 General Assembly at the European Committee of the Regions!
Spoke on European space policy and the crucial role of European regions.
🔗 lnkd.in/eM2Cmck5
#SpacePolicy #EuropeanRegions #NEREUS #EUspace
@lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

1 1 3

Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · Apr 27

Check out this new special issue of Asian Security edited by Professor Saadia Pekkanen on space in the international relations of Asia!
Lots of fascinating contributions!
#SpacePolicy #AsianSecurity #InternationalRelations
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....