Small States' Efforts on Militarization of The Outer Space Uncertainties in The Twenty-First Century: A Kantian Triangle Perspective

Abstract

The rapid development of technology in the twenty-first century has shifted the security dimension in international relations. Countries around the world have found other promising geopolitical spaces apart from air, land, and sea namely outer space. Great power countries such as the United States, Russia, and The People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been developed their military capability through advanced technology to militarize outer space. The various purpose and interest of great power in outer space has increased military competition that creates uncertainty. In the twenty-first century, the militarization of outer space by major powers presents the greatest challenges to minor states. Concerns have been expressed regarding the ability of small states to maintain peace and stability on a national, regional, and international scale due to their technological weakness. Drawing upon a Kantian Triangle framework comprising democracy, economic interdependence, and international organization as means to foster peace and avert conflict within the anarchical system of international politics, this study will concentrate on the militarization of outer space by small states.

Keywords

• Militarization Outer Space, Kantian Triangle, and Small States