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Item The Chinese-U.S. Contention for Orbital Space(2011-09-26) Evers, MilesIn 2007, the U.S. and China nearly engaged in military conflict following China’s Anti-satellite test. Yet, the event went relatively unnoticed by current international scholars? The lack of any comprehensive analysis of space relations, beyond rudimentary realist logic, tends to dismiss space analysis, even as it is becoming an ever important realm. Consequently, I attempt to galvanize international relations explanations of space policies and close deficient questions of space power. This research employs a defensive realist perspective to elucidate the more structural constraints on U.S. and Chinese space policies, specifically ideological, economic, and military constraints. For China, I collected speeches, public policies, CCP committee reports, five-year plans, the People’s Republic of China Yearbooks, and a series of scientific literature, between 1950 to 2011. Due to the secrecy of China’s space program, a comparable quantitative table was impossible. Nevertheless, I constructed a comprehensive basis for an otherwise elusive Chinese policy. My findings illustrate how balance of power logic, characteristic to defensive realism, was a consistent drive for both policies. As both countries’ economic and internal reliance became increasing factors for stability, the protection of these assets, against comparable space actors, became necessary. As I demonstrate, the precarious military standoff in 2007 was merely a result of a historical balancing in space. The ability to prevent an arms race in space I leave to the reader, though I conclude prevention is a plausible alternative for both actors.Item Developing ‘New Space’: The Economic Policy of Orbital Space(2010-09-14) Evers, MilesUtilizing the Thomas Library of Congress, legislation from 1990 to 2010 was collected if it responded to the keywords: satellite, commercial space, or orbital space. In this way, the apex of U.S. governmental policy could be tracked in its most true form, through a bill’s introduction, alterations, and its subsequent passage, or failure.Item 'New Space': The U.S. Militarization of Orbital Space(2011-04-13) Evers, MilesMy research focused on the effectiveness and overall policy goals of the United States towards commercializing and militarizing orbital space. Whereas most legislation of U.S. space policy focuses upon the commercialization and liberalization of space, U.S. space policy, the executive policy may take a different aim. Therefore, I used NASA policy as an example of direct U.S. space policy goals. I created a database from NASA’s inception to present, of discrepancies between budget appropriations, research appropriations, allocations for particular research projects, and overall private contractor spending . In this manner, I empirically tracked the relationship behind policy and implementation. Finally, in a more substantive manner, I collected executive statements, published NASA policy statements, and structural reviews of the NASA program. Overall, I was able to collect both empirical and substantive data for an accurate depiction of U.S. space policy. Through my research I was able to uncover an evolving policy of absolute defensive control to strategic economic control of orbital resources, amidst global competition. In this manner, I argue the U.S. is able to achieve global space hegemony in economic space, as a legitimate space actor, thereby justifying its defensive mobilization and status in defining global space policy. Control over space, in this regard, focuses on the creation of normal practices and justification of one’s presence in space.