International Regimes for the Final Frontier

M. J. Peterson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is the author of Recognition of Governments: Legal Doctrine and State Practice, 1815–1995.

Preface
Affiliations of Authors Involved in Space Negotiations


1. Creating Regimes for “The Final Frontier”


Actors, Social Structures, and Interaction
Situation Definitions and Interaction
The Patterns of Space Activity, 1957–1988
Plan of the Study


2. The Institutional Context of Negotiations


Fundamental Institutions of the States System
The UN Forums
Participants in the Negotiations
Implications of the Two Levels of Institutions


3. The Locational Classification of Outer Space


Classifying Outer Space as a Location
Reasoning by Analogy
Selecting the Initial Analogy for Classifying Outer Space
Moving to Multiple Analogies
Delimiting the Outer Space Commons
Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes


4. Aspects of Spaceflight


Appreciating the Registration and Rescue Problems
The Soviet Initiative on Rescue of Space Crews
The French Initiative on Registration
Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes


5. Liability for Damage on Earth


Appreciating the Situation
Setting the Broad Parameters and Resolving the Uncontentious Questions
Resolving the Acute Disagreements
Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes


6. Military Activity in Outer Space


Appreciating the Situation
From “Outer Space” to “Space” and “Celestial Bodies”
Confirming the Separation and the Different Rules
Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes


7. Exploring and Using the Moon


Appreciating the Situation
Providing Reassurance
Contending over Resource Management
Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes


8. The Orbit-Spectrum Resource


Appreciating the Situation
Bringing Space Uses into the Radio Regime
The Third World Drive for Comprehensive Planning
Elaborating the Mixed Access Rule
Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes


9. Situation Definitions in the Outer Space Negotiations


Establishing Situation Definitions
The Impact of Situation Definitions on Preference Formation
The Impact of Situation Definitions on Preference Aggregation
The Impact of Situation Definitions on Negotiation Outcomes
Situation Definitions and Explanations of Actor Conduct
The Future of the Space Treaties


Notes
Bibliography
List of Titles, SUNY series in Global Politics
Index