Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CARLOS EDUARDO VALLE ROSA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CARLOS EDUARDO VALLE ROSA
DATE: 19/03/2020
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala 511 do DGE/CCHLA
TITLE:

Aerospace Geopolitics

KEY WORDS:

Aerospace Geopolitics. Geopolitics. Aerospace Power.

PAGES: 134
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

The combination between the airspace and the outer space form a geographic domain called the aerospace environment. From the dawn of aviation to the space age, political phenomena in this new environment became decisive for humanity. Not only military conflicts, but also the exploitation of natural resources, access to new technologies of communication and information, socioeconomic development and even the possibility for man to inhabit new celestial bodies can be included in this reality. These phenomena in the aerospace environment configure power relations, definition of territories, creation of legal frameworks such as aeronautical and space law, claims for sovereignty and disputes that go beyond the classic approaches of geopolitics. Thus, the objective of the research was to demonstrate the relevance of an Aerospace Geopolitics. The Thesis was developed methodologically by a theoretical approach and an empirical contextualization of the theme. Initially, it was concerned with the geographical characterization of the environment. Then, based on a theoretical foundation around the concept of geopolitics, the research resorted to the history of air and space power as a tool to identify the application of the concept to the new geographical environment. Regarding the application of the concept, it sought to cast common understandings and formulate scenarios for the Brazilian case. Through bibliographic research and interviews with experts, the Thesis develops the concept of Aerospace Geopolitics, where it reveals that both airspace and outer space are environments that, despite the intense application of basic geopolitical postulates, configure a new field of that science. From the evidence collected, a theoretical construct was reachedfor the geographic science, charactering the aerospace environment. It was also possible to gather results, based on historical research, of critical events in which this environment was at the center of world political protagonism. In the interviews with specialists, the aim was to obtain indications of the national situation regarding the theme, allowing the formulation of future scenarios. The Thesis, preliminarily, concludedabout the geopolitical importance of the aerospace environment for geopolitical theorization and the relevance of the subject in the development of national defense strategies throughout the 21st century.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1291544 - EDU SILVESTRE DE ALBUQUERQUE
Interna - 6350736 - EUGENIA MARIA DANTAS
Externo à Instituição - AUGUSTO WAGNER MENEZES TEIXEIRA JÚNIOR - UFPB