Notes / Asia Focus
7 juin 2018
Power Politics in a Fluid Space: The Key Lever of Information Production for the Risk Management Process
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Emmanuel Meneut, Ph.D
Associate Lecturer
The completed sequence of ICBM (Intercontinental ballistic missile) test launch by North Korea revealed a new kind of threat in the airspace: collision risk of an airplane with missile parts. The mitigation of this risk highlights the lever of the political power in airspace through the production of information to reduce risk for aircraft. Any country which air traffic management organization is able to provide such information has de facto sovereignty within the airspace. This lever is playing an important role in the regional balance of power, especially above the China Sea between China, South Korea and Japan…