Exopolitics: Formal Definition from the Exopolitics Institute Exopolitics is an interdisciplinary scientific field, with its roots in the political sciences, that focuses on research, education, and public policy concerning the actors, institutions, and processes, associated with extraterrestrial life, as well as the wide range of implications this entails through public advocacy and newly emerging paradigms. Short definition: Exopolitics is the convergence of a new interdisciplinary science, an international political movement, and a new paradigm, all dealing with the wide range of implications of extraterrestrial life. “Exo” (a Greek prefix) means “outside” and “politics” can be defined as a branch of practical moral activity in which free persons seek the common good. Their range of activity was traditionally called the “polis” and it originally meant a Greek city-state in which free and property-owning individuals could engage in debates, voting behavior, and political d...