Space Policy and Space Law of Ukraine: “Relatives” or “Strangers”

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by Nataliia Malysheva1
1 Volodymyr Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/13/3
Received: 20 May 2024 / Accepted: 18 June 2024 / Published: 1 July 2024

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze Ukraine’s space policy from the viewpoint of its correlation with space law, to clarify the peculiarities of the respective interaction, its advantages and weaknesses, as well as to develop recommendations for improving the efficiency of space activities using the mechanisms of strategic planning and improving the systemic links between policy and law. The study is carried out in a chronological context: from the collapse of the USSR and the formation of an independent Ukrainian State to the present day, taking into account the dominant trends at each stage. Based on a systematic analysis of political processes and their correlation with law-making and law enforcement mechanisms, the author concludes that the current state of Ukraine’s space activities is in crisis. This situation is largely due to the absence/insufficiency of strategic planning of space activities in Ukraine. Until Ukraine is placed outside the brackets of the world’s space powers, it is necessary to pay serious attention to the development of a doctrine of Ukraine’s space activities with the broad involvement of science. On its basis, having taken into account all economic, political, infrastructural, technological factors, as well as current existential challenges, the Strategy of Space Activities of Ukraine should be elaborated, with a legal component as an organic part of it.

Keywords: Ukraine; Space Policy; Space Law; Space Strategy, Concept, National Space Program.

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Malysheva, Nataliia (2024) Space Policy and Space Law of Ukraine: “Relatives” or “Strangers.” Advanced Space Law, Volume 13, 32-42. https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/13/3
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