Routledge Handbook of Space Policy

Thomas Hoerber is Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies and Director of the EU*Asia Institute at ESSCA - School of Management in Angers, France. Mariel Borowitz is Associate Professor at The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Antonella Forganni is Associate Professor in Law at ESSCA - School of Management in Angers, France. Bruno Reynaud de Sousa is Guest Assistant Professor at the University of Porto (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) and the University of Minho (School of Law), Portugal.

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

1. Introduction

Thomas Hoerber, Mariel Borowitz, Antonella Forganni, Bruno Reynaud de Sousa

Part I: Theoretical Structures for an Understanding of Space Policies

Introduction

Antonella Forganni

2. Building Space Partnerships through Reliable Reputations

Gregory Miller

3. International Relations Theory, Space Theory, and the Space Weaponization Debate

Svetla Ben-Itzhak

4. A Cosmopolitan Theory for Space Policy and Governance

Nikola Schmidt

5. Space Power and Spacepower

Rodrigo Praino, Ottorino Cappelli, Marco Aliberti, Matteo Cappella, Francesco Maria Villani

Part II: The History of Space

Introduction

Mariel Borowitz

6. The Role of Commercial Actors and States in Space Travel and Exploration

Svetla Ben-Itzhak

7. Confront, Compete, or Cooperate: What Role for Space in US-China relations?

Bruno Reynaud de Sousa

8. Space and Sustainability

Thomas Hoerber

Part III: Society, Justice and the Human Impact

Introduction

Bruno Reynaud de Sousa

9. Entrepreneurial Space: Blurring the Relationship between Individual and State

Sarah Lieberman, Kos Siliafis

10. On the Adequacy of Space Law: Hard Law and Soft Law for a Sustainable Space Policy?

Antonella Forganni

11. The Long-run Economics of Sustainable Orbit Use

Julien Guyot, Akhil Rao, and Sébastien Rouillon

12. Gender Equality and Space Policy: The Case of EU Space Policy

Lorna Ryan

Part IV: Governance of Space

Introduction

Mariel Borowitz

13. A Nascent Regime for Space Resources: Three Pathways to Governance

Alanna Krolikowski

14. The Expanding Sphere of Human Responsibility for Sustainability on Earth and in Space

Danielle R. Wood

15. Autocracies, Public Opinion, and Space Policy: New Directions for Research

R. Lincoln Hines

Part V: Popularisation of Space

Introduction

Bruno Reynaud de Sousa

16. The New Space Economy

Nicolas Peter

17. Space Policy Popularisation and the Articulation of Dominant Ideology

Iraklis Oikonomou

18. The Next Moon Race: An Evolving Legal and Political Framework

Maria Vittoria Prest, Piero Messina

19. Sustainability Considerations of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Propulsion in Space

Sung Wook Paek

Part VI: New Frontiers in Space and Expansion into the Unknown

Introduction

Antonella Forganni

20. Analogs: The Case of Space Mission Simulations on Earth

Benjamin Pothier

21. The Militarization and Weaponization of Space: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Matthew Jenkins

22. On the Brink of Space Colonization: What Are the Current Prospects for Humanity to Spread Across the Solar System?

Nikola Schmidt

23. New Space Markets: The European Perspective on New Frontiers, Commercialisation, and Domestic Uses of Space Applications

Elisabetta Lamboglia, Vedant P. Mogha, Michel van Pelt

Part VII: World Space Policies by Geographic Areas

24. U.S. Strategic Interest in the Moon: An Assessment of Economic, National Security, and Geopolitical Drivers

Mariel Borowitz

25. Finding Space for the European Space Agency

Thomas Hoerber, Sarah Lieberman

26. China’s Branding Problem: Image Management and the U.S.-China Space Relationship

R. Lincoln Hines

27. Racing to the Heavens? Comparing Middle East Space Programs

Laurence Rubin

28. Russia’s Strategic Shift in Outer Space: Adapting to Geopolitical Pressures and Exploring New Diplomatic Avenues

Florian Vidal

29. Japan’s Strategy in the New Lunar Space Race

Saadia Pakkenan, Setsuko Aoki, Yuniko Takatori

30. The Metamorphosis of India’s Space Policy in a Changing Space Order

Rajeswari Rajagopalan, Dimitrios Stroikos

31. Conclusion

Thomas Hoerber

Index