TY - BOOK AU - Moltz,James Clay TI - Asia's space race: national motivations, regional rivalries, and international risks T2 - Contemporary Asia in the world SN - 9780231156882 (cloth : alk. paper) PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - space KW - arms race KW - space programmes KW - regional security KW - India KW - Japan KW - China KW - South Korea KW - Asia KW - USA KW - space race KW - sstronautics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Asia's new presence in space -- Asian space developments: motivations and trends -- The Japanese space program: moving toward "normalcy" -- The Chinese space program: from turbulent past to promising future -- The Indian space program: rising to a challenge -- The South Korean space program: emerging from dependency -- Emerging Asian space programs: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam -- Asia's space race: implications for regional and global policy ER -