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Home > Open Access Journals > JSS > Vol. 17 > No. 4 (2024)

 

Author Biography

Mackenzie Comstock Enholm is a recent graduate from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. She obtained a MA in Security Studies and holds a BA in International Studies and in Political Science from the University of Utah. Her primary research interests are threats to U.S. national security and counterterrorism, and she previously published a thesis on the United States and the International Criminal Court.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.17.4.2255

Subject Area Keywords

China, International security, Russia, Science and technology & security, Security studies, Space and security

Abstract

Space has been identified as the next warfighting domain. With tensions simmering between the great spacefaring nations amid a space arms race, or at the very least a race for superior space technology, this article will examine such tensions through the lens of the security dilemma. Do the technology escalations between the great space powers and dual-use space technologies make space conflict inevitable? The United States, China, and Russia continue to develop advanced counterspace capabilities with the ability to target other space systems and satellites. Given the nature of states to maximize their own security amid uncertainty in space, physical conflict will become inevitable at the individual satellite level motivated by uncertainty and insecurity. This article will explore the implications of the security dilemma in space and examine the viability of alternative solutions that would champion cooperation over conflict.

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