When China Goes to the Moon... - Aliberti, Marco

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Résumé :
This book is about Chin?s ambitions in its most complex and internationally visible space endeavor, namely its human space exploration programme. It provides a comprehensive reflection on Chin?s strategic direction and objectives in space, including in particular those set forth in its human spaceflight programme and analyses the key domestic and external factors affecting the country?s presumed manned lunar ambitions. The objective of the book is to disentangle the opportunities and challenges Chin?s space ambitions are creating for other spacefaring nations and for Europe in particular. It therefore includes an in-depth analysis of possible European postures towards China in space exploration and seeks to stimulate a debate on future space strategies in the broader context of world politics.

Biographie:
Marco Aliberti is a space policy professional with more than ten years of experience in leading research activities at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna, Austria. As a senior research fellow at ESPI, he has carried out and published a number of research projects in the areas of access to space and space strategy, international relations and governance of outer space, and Asia's space programmes, particularly those of China, Japan, and India. Dr. Ottorino Cappelli is a senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy, where he teaches Political Science and Comparative Politics. His long-standing research interests are in the comparative analysis of regime transitions. Over the past few years, his scholarly works have been centered on the establishment of a theoretical-empirical model for defining and assessing the various dimensions of state power. Dr. Rodrigo Praino is an associate professor of Politics and Public Policyat Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. A political scientist with expertise in decision-making and political behaviour, he is interested in space politics and space policy, with particular focus on the importance of space assets for defence, economic development, international relations, and decision-making. ...

Sommaire:
Introduction.- China's space program: Why the moon?- China's way to the moon.- China and the moon: endogenous conditioning factors.- China, the moon and the world.- Europe and China in space: constraints, opportunities and options.- Epilogue.