Orbital geopolitics, with Antonia Hmaidi and Altynay Junusova

About this episode

The episode discusses China's role in the satellite internet race and its competition with the US, featuring insights from MERICS analysts.

Satellite internet has attracted increased attention in the last years and the possibility for its civilian as well as miliary use makes it a so called “dual use” technology. Antonia Hmaidi and Altynay Junusova, Senior Analyst and Analyst in the Science, Technology and Innovation Program at MERICS, join Johannes Heller-John to talk about China in the race for satellite internet, its competition with the US and what it will take for Europe to catch up. More on this topic: Orbital Geopolitics...

People in this episode

Host: Johannes Heller-John

Guests: Antonia Hmaidi, Altynay Junusova

Topics covered

• satellite internet
• geopolitics
• China
• US competition
• dual use technology
• Europe's technology race

Keywords

• satellite internet
• China
• US
• geopolitics
• dual use technology
• MERICS
• technology race

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MERICS, US, Europe

Places: China

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