Space Technology Export Controls and International Cooperation in Outer Space

Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Acronyms and Abbreviations.- Table of Contents.- Introduction; Ram S. Jakhu.- PART I: An Examination of Preliminary Concerns - Conceptual Lenses.- Chapter 1. Technical Characteristics of Space Goods and Technologies that are Relevant to Export Controls.- Chapter 2. Sovereignty as the Legal Basis of Export Controls: International Law and Space Technology Controls.- Chapter 3. Policy, Economic, and Techno Globalization.- PART II: A Case Study of U.S. Comsat Export Control - A Regime In Need of Reform?.- Chapter 4. U.S. Approach to Comsat Export Controls and the Challenge of U.S.-E.U. Regulatory Divergence.- Chapter 5. U.S.-E.U. Comsat Regulatory Divergence: An Economic Impact Assessment in Light of Strategic Effectiveness .- Chapter 6. Efforts to Reform the STDA and China Launch Boycott: A Public Choice Theory Analysis.- Chapter 7. Legal Reform "Inside the Box" of the Current National Centric Paradigm: The Lacuna of Long-Term Strategic Vision.- PART III: Transcending the Case Study - Security and International Cooperation.- Chapter 8. Security and Global Cooperation in Outer Space: Space Technology Trade and Proliferation Controls as One Part of the Larger Puzzle.- Summary of Monograph Findings.- Final Conclusions: Overcoming the Dilemma of National Security and International Cooperation in Outer Space.- Epilogue: Future Areas of Research.- Bibliography.- Author Bio and Publications.- The End of the Road (Poem).- Charts and Illustrations.