Saadia M. Pekkanen

Explores the interaction between space technology and international and national security processes. Theorizes the development and governance of space security, identifying current challenges and pressure points. Examines key states, regions, and specific capabilities, highlighting how new technologies and counterspace capabilities pursued by states are reshaping space security. Aims to explain the impact of these contemporary changes on future security in space.

Discusses the governance of space resources, at a time when the technologies for their exploitation remain unproven but rivalries over their control are imaginable. 

Provides an overview of the three key trends in the contemporary space race, namely democratization, commercialization, and militarization. Assesses prospects for states and legal governance through international and national frameworks.

Addresses law and policy of contemporary topics in the space race, i.e. new states, activities in Asia, liability, space resources, space traffic management, and national security space

Provides and overview of China's belt-and-road initiative through the lens of infrastructure investment in key maritime ports around the world, and the controversies that foreign Chinese investment may encounter.

Provides a comprehensive look at the way Asia's risen powers are shaping governance at the global and regional level, across economic, security, and human security cases; examines leadership exercised by China, Japan, and Korea.

Provides an overview of the international relations and foreign policy of the countries of contemporary Asia.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the changing nature of Japan's space policy over the postwar period, culminating in the national security space trajectories. Assesses the role of Japan's space and defense contractors in shaping space policy trajectories