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Bleddyn Bowen - What Will War In Space Really Look Like? - Cold Star Project S02E75

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Bleddyn Bowen, PhD, is the author of War In Space: Strategy Space Power, Geopolitics. He has a different point of view on space warfare than the typical one we see from fanboys and mechanistic white papers. On this episode of the Cold Star Project, host Jason Kanigan asks Bleddyn:

  • How do you operationally define space power? What are the “levers and dials”? What does “winning” mean in this environment?
  • What is ‘space warfare’? Why do you believe Clausewitz remains relevant today and in the space domain?
  • How does geopolitics apply to space? Are there equalizing forces?
  • What international issues should we be paying attention to that could impact space warfare?
  • When it comes to the actualities of space warfare, what are the critical elements?
  • What is the significance of the new US Space Force?
  • Why did you write and publish a book on the topic (War In Space: Strategy, Space Power, Geopolitics)? Who are you intending to impact, and why?   


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    Books discussed:  

    Bleddyn Bowen, War In Space: Strategy, Space Power, Geopolitics (Edinburgh University Press): https://www.amazon.com/War-Space-Bleddyn-Bowen/dp/1474450482 

    Donald Kagan, On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace: https://www.amazon.com/Origins-War-Preservation-Peace/dp/0385423756 

    Paddy Griffith, Forward into Battle: Fighting Tactics from Waterloo to the Near Future: https://www.amazon.com/Forward-into-Battle-Fighting-Waterloo/dp/0891414134 


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