Asia-Pacific Space Power: The New Architecture of Alliance and Competition and what it means for Europe

The Asia-Pacific is the most dynamic space theatre on the planet. As capability spreads rapidly across the region, strategic competition intensifies, and new architectures of alliance take shape, Europe faces a question it cannot ignore: what does the Asia-Pacific space build-up mean for European strategic interests, and how should Europe position itself in relation to the world's fastest-growing space region? This session brings together the Asia-Pacific's most significant space nations, spanning anchor allies, emerging powers, and commercial innovators, to examine the opportunities, the partnerships, and the strategic implications for a global space order that is being redrawn from the east.