Friends in space - NATO and Japan cooperation beyond the skies
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- NDC Outlook 08-2024: Friends in space - NATO and Japan cooperation beyond the skies, by Nanae Baldauff *
Summary
- NATO and Japan share compelling reasons for space security cooperation: worldwide ownership of space assets; Japan as among six most capable space powers; and the application of Article 5 to space.
- Japan is attractive to NATO in terms of space technology, space capabilities, operation, and funding. NATO is attractive to Japan because NATO is becoming a backbone of space-based data hub contributing to the Alliance’ Multi-Domain Operations.
- NATO-Japan space security cooperation should be pursued through political, operational, educational, and industrial/commercial partnership, and joint training and exercises.
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* (back) Senior Associate Fellow, NATO Defense College