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China: Why Its Space Programs Matter

REQUIRED READINGS

J.V. Berge & H.S. Hiim, “Killing them Softly: China’s Counterspace Developments and Force Posture in Space,” Journal of Strategic Studies, 47/67.

“Lunar Space Cooperation Initiatives,” Secure World Foundation, Feb. 13, 2024.

Namrata Goswami, “Space and Technology were Big Winners at China’s 20th party Congress,” The Diplomat, November 23, 2022.

Namrata Goswami, “China’s Quest for Space Technology Dominance,” SpaceWatchGlobal, October 31, 2024.

Taylor Lee and Kevin Singer, “China’s Space Program is More Military than You Think,” Defense One, July 16, 2021.

Victoria Samson and Brian Weeden, “US seizes initiative on space security for the first time in decades,” Defense News, Sept. 14, 2023.

 

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Charlie Campbell, “China is Quickly Becoming a Space Superpower,” TIME, July 17, 2019.

Rush Doshi, “The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order,” Brookings, August 2, 2021.

Namrata Goswami, “China’s Space Ambitions,” American Foreign Policy Council, April 25, 2023.

Namrata Goswami, “China’s Space Program in 2023: Taking Stock,” The Diplomat, December 13, 2023.

Kalim Golemo, “The Dragon’s Reach: China’s Quest for Space Dominance”, Astropolitics.

The summary, key findings, and recommendations of the following:

Howard Wang, Gregory Graff, Alexis Dale-Huang, “China’s Growing Risk Tolerance in Space,” https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2313-2.html.

Howard Wang, Jackson Smith, Cristina L. Garafola, “Chinese Military Views of Low Earth Orbit,” https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3139-1.html.

05/30/25 2025 NPEC Space Policy Course: China: Why Its Space Programs Matter with Namrata Goswami & Victoria Samson

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