The politics of space : a history of U.S.-Soviet/Russian competition and cooperation in space

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The politics of space : a history of U.S.-Soviet/Russian competition and cooperation in space

Matthew J. Von Bencke

WestviewPress, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-256) and index

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This first political history of the U.S. and Soviet/Russian space policies to emerge since the end of the Cold War offers an up-to-date analysis of their development and interaction from the start of the Space Age through the present. The author shows how the two countries programs intertwined with other, broader policy interestsinterests that coalesced both in a frenzied space race and in surprisingly persistent attempts at cooperation. }This is the first political history to emerge since the end of the Cold War that analyzes the development and interactions of the U.S. and Soviet/Russian space programs throughout the Space Age. Taking advantage of American and Russian sources previously unavailable, the author shows how U.S. and Soviet space policies intertwined with other, broader policy interestsinterests that coalesced both in a frenzied space race and in surprisingly persistent attempts at cooperation. This ambivalent interaction did not end with the demise of the USSR. Von Bencke traces history through to the present, exploring the most recent opportunities that the two great space rivals have found to work togetherand the new challenges they must yet surmount. }

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: International Space PolicyA Paradigm for Intergovernmental Relations
  • The Origins of Space Policy: A Reflection and an Instrument of Foreign and Domestic Interests
  • Early Days of Confrontation and Attempts at Cooperation
  • The Context of Competition and Cooperation in Space: Overall U.S.-Soviet Relations and the American and Soviet Space PrograMs. Cooperation Come and Gone: The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and the Subsequent Souring of Superpower Relations
  • A Confluence of U.S. and Soviet/Russian Interests in Space: Cooperation as the Cold War Ends
  • Obstacles to Cooperation in Space, PostCold War: A Nation in Disarray
  • Obstacles to Cooperation in Space, PostCold War: International Barriers, New and Old
  • The Market Bridges the Gap: Commercial Space Cooperation
  • Conclusion: The Space Age Outlives the Cold War

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