Outer space as a geopolitical space: A classical and critical geopolitical perspective

Outer space, providing the basis technology for 21th century modern World, had became an utmost complex area where myriad of actors are active recent years. Outer space is containing very essential sources crucial for myriad of sectors including political, economical, social, military and environment. Because of this issue outer space need to be examined with multifaceted approaches. This study,while acknowledging the hypothesis that outer space is a geopolitical territory, will examine the outer space with both classical and critical geopolitical theories. Despite the classical geopolitical approaches that territoralizing and evaluating outer space domain as the fourth dimension of global conflict -after land, sea and air- this study will use five main critisms of critical geopolitical approaches to classical theory -critism of state myth, territoralization, critism of boundry myth, critism of discoursive singularity and power-knowledge approach- and asserts that outer space is a sui generis area with myriad of actors and ambigious boundaries.