AU Library
SAASS 665 "is an introduction to strategy in the space domain and all that entails." "The Course begins with examination of space history and the politics underpinning the rise of American space power."
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Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course. Library resources are best accessed using commercial internet.
10 March 2025: Understanding Space
CSIS Space Threat Assessment 2024
11 March 2025: Space History
Aaron Bateman Biography
Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative Review 1 Review 2 Publisher Description
13 March 2025: Current Policy and Strategy
US National Space Policy
US Space Priorities Framework
A Strategic Framework for Space Diplomacy
Defense Space Strategy Summary 2020
DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy
USSF Commercial Space Strategy
Alexandra T. Evans Biography
Andrew Radin Biography
Katie Feistel
Krista Langeland Biography
Bruce McClintock Biography
Howard Wang Biography
Space Strategic Stability: Assessing U.S. Concepts and Approaches (RAND Report)
14 March 2025: US Space Force
Derrick Frazier Biography (Scroll down to 2nd entry)
Wendy N. Whitman Cobb Biography (Scroll down to last entry)
Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century Publisher Description
Paula G. Thornhill Biography
Charles Galbreath Biography
Should the Space Force have a Warfighting-Centric Culture?
Namrata Goswami Biography
Bleddyn Bowen Biography
High Ground or High Fantasy: Defense Utility of Cislunar Space
Everett C. Dolman Biography
Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age Review
18 March 2025: Space Power Theory Part II
John J. Klein Biography (Scroll down to 8th item)
Space Warfare: Strategy, Principles, and Policy Review Publisher Description
20 March 2025: Space Power Theory Part III
Bleddyn Bowen Biography
Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space Review 1 Review 2
Ashlee Vance Biography
When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach Review Publisher Description
24 March 2025: Space Law
Anja Nakarada Pecujlic Publisher Description (Scroll down and click on Author)
The Space Law Stalemate: Legal Mechanisms for Developing New Norms Publisher Description
25 March 2025: Space in Current Conflict: Russia/Ukraine
Theodora Ogden Biography
Anna Knack Biography
Melusine Lebret Biography
James Black Biography
Vasilios Mavroudis Biography
The Role of the Space Domain in the Russia-Ukraine War: The Impact of Converging Space and AI Technologies (Click on "Full publication PDF" for full document)
Robin Dickey Biography
Michael P. Gleason Biography
Space and War in Ukraine: Beyond the Satellites (Article)
Florian Vidal Biography
Roman Privalov
Russia in Outer Space: A Shrinking Space Power in the Era of Global Change (Article)
Florian Vidal Biography
Russia's Integrated Statecraft in the Space Domain (Book Chapter)
27 March 2025: Space in Future Conflict: China
Howard Wang Biography
Gregory Graff
Alexis Dale-Huang Biography
China's Growing Risk Tolerance in Space (RAND Report)
Krista Langeland Biography
Derek Grossman Biography
Tailoring Deterrence for China in Space (RAND Report)
Kevin Pollpeter Biography
Neoclassical Realism as a Framework for Understanding China's Rise as a Space Power (Book Chapter)
R. Lincoln Hines Biography
China's Branding Problem: Image Management and the US-China Relationship (Article)
R. Lincoln Hines Biography
China's Space Activities: Drivers, Trends, and Progress (Article)
28 March 2025: Partners and Allies
Bruce McClintock Biography
Charting a Path to Thoughtful Allied Space Power (RAND Report)
Saadia M. Pekkanen Biography
Japan's Grand Strategy in Outer Space (Book Chapter)
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan Biography
Sumit Ganguly Biography
India's Space Program: Its Evolution and Future Trajectory (Book Chapter)
Xavier Pasco Biography
French Space Security in Historical Perspective: Balancing Strategic Autonomy and Cooperation (Book Chapter)
Matthew Stubbs
Desislava Gancheva
From Passive to Active Space Powers: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (Book Chapter)
Samuel Oyewole
Military Space Strategies and African Realism: Egypt, South Africa, and Nigeria (Book Chapter)
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