ABSTRACT
The year 2007 saw the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October 1957. Space is crucial to the politics of the postmodern world. It has seen competition and cooperation in the past fifty years, and is in danger of becoming a battlefield in the next fifty. The International Po
Introduction, 1. Perceptions of space and international political theory, 2. Propaganda and national interest: scientific socialism and the Soviet space programme 1957–69, 3. The new frontier: US space policy 1957–72, 4. International cooperation in space, 5. European integration and space, 6. Space as a military force multiplier, 7. Space control, 8. Space, justice and international development, 9. India: security through space, 10. China: the long march into space, 11. Cooperation and competition in the post-Cold War era, Notes, Bibliography, Index
