Outer space-Exploration-Political aspects -- International relations

Indeks : p. 231 - 238 ; p. 214 - 230 ; The author of book, 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 world's leading states. He 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. 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.---This lanmark book will be of great interest to students of International relations, space politics and security studies.