Space Technology Export Controls and International Cooperation in Outer Space

• Main Author: Mineiro, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Space Regulations Library Series ; 6
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Law of the sea.; Law and economics.; Economic policy.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Political Science.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Law and Economics.

Export controls definitively impact international cooperation in outer space.  Civil and commercial space actors that engage in international endeavors must comply with space technology export controls. In the general discourse, members of the civil and commercial space community have an understandi...

Table of Contents:

• 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.