Bøger i Space Power and Politics serien

Presents an account of the research and development in international military history. This title shows how the roots of US Air Force hypersonic research and development are grounded in Army Air Force General Henry H 'Hap' Arnold's identification of the need for advanced airpower weapon systems to meet the anticipated postwar enemy threat.

This volume addresses developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration, using discourse theory as a framework.

This book offers an overview of space strategy in the 21st century - the purpose of space strategy is to coordinate, integrate, and prioritize space activities across security, commercial, and civil sectors.

Considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. This book shows why many such strategies unintentionally lead to overemphasizing the importance of space-based offensive weaponry and technology. It is of interest to students and scholars of military and strategic studies.

Provides a picture of how politically important space has become, and what its exploitation might mean for our futures. This book analyses the space programmes of the United States, Russia, China, India and the European Space Agency, and explains how central space has become to issues of war and peace and cooperation between the worlds states.

Introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space. This book also addresses science and technology as they relate to space policy.

Explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program. This volume is aimed at students of space studies, Chinese politics, security studies, and international relations.

Introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy. This title outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space. It also addresses science and technology as they relate to space policy.

This book examines transatlantic politics through an analysis of 60 years of US-European strategic interaction in space.

This book builds a bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies by addressing developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration.

From Sovereignty to Solidarity seeks to re-imagine human mobility in ways that are de-linked from national sovereignty.

This volume addresses developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration, using discourse theory as a framework.

This interdisciplinary book examines the impact of the commercialisation of space and the changing outlook of the space sector.