ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLERDE YENİ PERSPEKTİF: ASTROPOLİTİĞE GİRİŞ

Year 2018, Volume: 20 Issue: 1, 431 - 446, 28.06.2018

Tolga Erdem

https://doi.org/10.26468/trakyasobed.437792

Cited By: 4

Abstract

1957 yılında
Sputnik I isimli Sovyet uydusunun başarıyla uzaya gönderilmesinin ardından
başlayan “Uzay Çağı”, uluslararası ilişkilerde yeni bir dönemin başlamasına
vesile olmuştur. Yumuşak güç anlayışının ön plana çıktığı bu dönemde
teknolojinin önemi daha iyi anlaşılmış ve elektronik bilgisayar sistemleri,
radar, uydu, balistik füze, roket, atom bombası, nükleer silah vb icatlar
birbirini izlemiştir. Uzay teknolojisi, devletler açısından hem prestij hem de
bilgi kaynağı olarak görülmeye başlamıştır. Uluslararası ilişkilerde meydana
gelen bu yeniliği açıklama hususunda ise jeopolitik teorilerin yetersiz kaldığı
gözlenmiştir. Bu bağlamda dış uzayın jeopolitiği olarak geliştirilen
astropolitik, sürekli gelişen ve değişen teknolojilerin stratejik olarak uzaya
aktarılmasını küresel perspektifte ele almaya çalışmaktadır. Bu çalışma ile
uluslararası ilişkilerdeki uzay çalışmaları gelişmelerinin astropolitik
perspektiften analizi amaçlanmaktadır.

Keywords

Uluslararası İlişkiler, Uzay, Uzay Çalışmaları, Jeopolitik, Astropolitik

NEW PERSPECTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPOLITICS

Abstract

The “Space Age”, which started in 1957 after successfully sending Soviet
satellite of Sputnik I to space, has been conduced to the beginning of a new
era in international relations. The concept of soft power was at the forefront
of this period and the importance of technology was better understood, and then
various inventions followed each other, such as; electronic computer systems,
radar, satellite, ballistic missile, rocket, atomic bomb etc. Space technology
has begun to be seen as both prestige and source of information in terms of
states. Geopolitical theories were observed to be inadequate in explaining this
new era which has taken place in international relations. In this context,
astropolitics developed as the geopolitics of outer space that seeks to address
the strategic transfer of evolving and changing technologies continuously to
space in a global perspective. This study aims to analyze the developments of
space studies in international relations from the astropolitical perspective.

Keywords

International Relations, Space, Space Studies, Geopolitics, Astropolitics

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