The year 2007 will see the 50th anniversary of the Space Age, which
began with the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October
1957. Since that time, the development of space technology has
revolutionised many aspects of life on Earth, from satellite
television to mobile phones, the internet and micro-electronics. It
has also helped to bring about a revolution in the use of military
force by the most powerful states.
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 Politics of Space is the first book to bring these
crucial themes together and provide a clear and vital picture of
how politically important space has become, and what its
exploitation might mean for all our futures.
Michael Sheehan 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,
international law, justice and international development, and
cooperation between the worlds leading states. It highlights the
significance of China and India's commitment to space, and explains
how the theories and concepts we use to describe and explain space
are fundamental to the possibility of avoiding conflict in space in
the future.
This ground-breaking book will be of great interest to students
of international relations, space politics and security
studies.
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