<p>For the last five decades artificial satellites are being used to perform diverse roles in astronomy, atmospheric studies and education. They have been found useful for reconnaissance, meteorology, navigation, communication and search &amp; rescue.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Space technologies are offering benefits to space faring nations and space derived products are available at a price. Space is also been seen as the ultimate high ground and gives armies and space faring nations tremendous advantage on the battlefield. After the Chinese ASAT test in January 2007, the global community has now become more concerned about the likely weaponisation of space.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>With these aspects as a backdrop, this book Space Security and Global Cooperation is a collection of papers that were presented at the Space Security Conference organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi and the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, London. The book covers a wide spectrum of issues related to the field of space security, emerging technologies, regional perspectives, space tourism, space law and global cooperation. It is an attempt to contextualise the debates in a more cogent form.</p>

<p><strong>Ajey Lele</strong> is an Air Force officer currently working with IDSA as a Research Fellow. His research interests include: space security, strategic technologies and WMDs. He holds a PhD from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and has done his masters in Physics from Pune University. He has authored two books and published articles in various journals, newspapers and websites.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Gunjan Singh</strong> is a Researcher at IDSA. She has completed her M. Phil from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and is currently pursuing her PhD. Her research interests include: China, disarmament and space law.</p>

<p><strong>Setsuko Aoki</strong> is a Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan, and also a member of Telecommunications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MICj).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Thomas Beer</strong> is with the Security Strategy and Partnership Development Office, European Space Agency (ESA), Paris.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Isaac Ben-Israel</strong> is Chairman, Israel Space Agency.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ram Jakhu</strong> is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Air and Space Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>A.P.J. Abdul Kalam</strong> is former President of India.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>K. Kasturirangan </strong>is the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and former Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ranjana Kaul</strong> is partner Dua Associates, New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Suresh Kibe</strong> is the Programme Director of SATNAV, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Michael Krepon </strong>is co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, Diplomat Scholar at the University of Virginia.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Tomaz Lovrencic </strong>is the Deputy Director, European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC), Madrid, Spain.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Amitav Mallik</strong> is a former member of National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), and Director Defence Science Centre, New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Alan Merbaum </strong>is the Sr. Manager, Air and Missile Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Missiles &amp; Fire Control, Dallas, Texas.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Raja Menon</strong> is a retired Rear Admiral and currently the Chairman of the Task Force on Net Assessment and Simulation in the National Security Council, India</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <strong>Masami Onoda</strong> is a Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Kyoto University.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>S. Samuel C. Rajiv</strong> is a Researcher at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Sreehari Rao</strong> is the Director of Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Joseph Rouge</strong> is Director, National Security Space Office, Department of Defence (DoD), USA.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Krishnamurthy Santhanam</strong> is the former Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Chris Shank</strong> is the Director of Strategic Investments, NASA, USA.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Karan Singh</strong> is a researcher at the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Isabelle Sourbes-Verger</strong> is senior researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France and a member of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Sir Martin Sweeting</strong> is the CEO and founder of the University owned spin-off company, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), United Kingdom.</p>