🗣️ BRICS Space Dimension: A New Framework for Technological Sovereignty

Space has long remained on the periphery of the narratives through which BRICS is typically described. The focus has usually been on trade, finance, foreign policy coordination, and institutional development, and in recent years this has been supplemented by aligning positions on global governance of artificial intelligence.

Yet without the space dimension, the image of 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊 as an emerging centre of power appears incomplete. This is not an optional topic, but rather an area where economics, infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and international influence converge. According to McKinsey, the global space economy could reach $1.8 trillion by 2035, and $2.3 trillion under a more favourable scenario.

Read more about the space as an emerging area for BRICS in the new article by Pyotr Punchenko, Senior Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI) and Advisor to the Chair of the Committee on External Relations of the Government of Saint Petersburg.

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