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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).09      10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).09      Published : Sep 2024

Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024)

Abstract

    The Article aims to investigate the strategic purpose of space as a new battlefield among the great powers of the 21st century. The US sees China as its great adversary in space hence its cooperation with India for strategic purposes to engage China which is posing a national security threat to China. Similarly, increasing Indian space capabilities is also misbalancing the pendulum of power in South Asia. The offensive and defensive approaches from the broader framework of Neo-Realism have been employed to interpret the whole power competition. Qualitative research methodology grounded in post-positivism has been employed. Data would be gathered through the help of primary & secondary sources and document study would also be utilized for data analysis. The findings of the study are expected to show that an arms race in space can cause space warfare among major global powers.

    Arms Race in Space, US-China Rivalry, India Ambitions, Offensive-Defensive Approaches

    (1) Raja M. Abubakar Bashir
    M. Phil Scholar, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mohammad Irfan Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Abdur Rehman
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Bashir, R. M. A., Ali, M. I., & Rehman, A. (2024). Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024). Global Regional Review, IX(III), 83-95. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).09

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Bashir, Raja M. Abubakar, Mohammad Irfan Ali, and Abdur Rehman. 2024. "Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024)." Global Regional Review, IX (III): 83-95 doi: 10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).09

HARVARD

    HARVARD : BASHIR, R. M. A., ALI, M. I. & REHMAN, A. 2024. Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024). Global Regional Review, IX, 83-95.

MHRA

    MHRA : Bashir, Raja M. Abubakar, Mohammad Irfan Ali, and Abdur Rehman. 2024. "Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024)." Global Regional Review, IX: 83-95

MLA

    MLA : Bashir, Raja M. Abubakar, Mohammad Irfan Ali, and Abdur Rehman. "Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024)." Global Regional Review, IX.III (2024): 83-95 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Bashir, Raja M. Abubakar, Ali, Mohammad Irfan, and Rehman, Abdur (2024), "Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024)", Global Regional Review, IX (III), 83-95

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Bashir, Raja M. Abubakar, Mohammad Irfan Ali, and Abdur Rehman. "Astro-Politics: US-India Strategic Cooperation in Space and its Implications for China (2000-2024)." Global Regional Review IX, no. III (2024): 83-95. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).09