| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 53 pages) |
| Series |
Council special report ; no. 38 |
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CSR (New York, N.Y.) ; no. 38.
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| Contents |
China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Council Special Report; Nature of China's Challenge and Threat; CHINA'S GROWING COUNTERSPACE CAPABILITIES AND EVOLVING SPACE DOCTRINE; STRATEGY FOR A STABLE SPACE REGIME; Possible U.S. Military Options for Addressing the Chinese Challenge ; CURRENT U.S. SPACE POLICY; IMPROVED SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ; DEFENSIVE MEASURES ; OFFENSIVE MEASURES; OTHER MEASURES; POSSIBLE FUTURE MILITARY SPACE REGIMES; Diplomacy and Arms Control; SPACE DETERRENCE; SPACE DOMINANCE; ASSESSING FUTURE SPACE REGIMES |
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Diplomatic OptionsCHINESE DIPLOMACY; CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES AND SPACE CODES OF CONDUCT; IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS; POSSIBLE NEGOTIATED LIMITS; GPS/BEIDOU COMPATIBILITY; Conclusions and Recommendations for the United States and China; OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEW STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE IN SPACE; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES; Policy Recommendations; Program Recommendations; Diplomatic Recommendations; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHINA; Policy Recommendations; Diplomatic Recommendations; Appendix I; RIGHTS OF SPACE-FARING STATES; RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPACE-FARING STATES; Appendix II |
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EXTRACTS FROM U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICY, OCTOBER 20061. Background; 2. Principles; 3. United States Space Policy Goals; 4. General Guidelines; 5. National Security Space Guidelines; 8. International Space Cooperation; 11. Orbital Debris; About the Author; Advisory Committee for China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security; Council Special ReportsSponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations; Endnotes |
| Summary |
China's successful test of an anti-satellite weapon in 2007, followed by the U.S. destruction earlier this year of an out-of-control U.S. satellite, demonstrated that space may soon no longer remain a relative sanctuary from military conflict. As the United States, China, and others increasingly benefit from the information that military and intelligence satellites provide, the temptation to attack these satellites provides troubling potential for instability and conflict in space that could dramatically affect U.S. military capabilities on earth. In this Council Special Report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of this new military space competition and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in the space arena. He recognizes that advancing technology has likely made some degree of offensive space capability inevitable but calls on the United States to draw upon all instruments of U.S. power, including a reinvigorated space diplomacy, to lead in establishing a more stable and secure space environment. To this end, he spotlights a series of pragmatic policy, programmatic, and diplomatic steps the United States should take to strengthen its security interests in space and help reduce the chances that the military benefits of space will be cut off when the United States may most need them. In addition, these steps would serve important U.S. and Chinese economic interests and open new channels of communication and understanding between the mid-twenty-first century's likely two leading powers |
| Notes |
September 2008 |
| Subject |
Space weapons.
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Anti-satellite weapons -- China
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Astronautics, Military -- China
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Deterrence (Strategy)
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National security -- United States.
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Anti-satellite weapons
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Astronautics, Military
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Deterrence (Strategy)
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Diplomatic relations
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National security
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Space weapons
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- China
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| Subject |
China
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Council on Foreign Relations.
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| ISBN |
9780876094068 |
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087609406X |
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1281833940 |
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9781281833945 |
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