A NEW INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR SPACE POLICIES -- A NEW INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR SPACE POLICIES -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- TODAY PROGRESSES IN ADVANCED SCIENCES: GMOS, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, BIOTECHNOLOGIES -- REVOLUTIONS LINKED TO THE INFORMATION AND SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES -- A NEW STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR SPACE POLICIES -- INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND SPACE CAPABILITIES -- A GEOSTRATEGIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SPACE POLICIES -- CHINESE SPACE POLICY: MILITARY AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS -- GROWING IMPORTANCE OF SPACE PROGRAMS IN ASIA -- MAIN LINES OF CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM -- OUTLOOK OF SOME NEIGHBOR COUNTRIES ON THE CHINESE SPACE PROGRAMME64 -- MILITARY AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS AND STRATEGIC PROSPECTS -- RUSSIA'S RESURGENCE AND PROSPECTS FOR SPACE POLICY -- SPECIFICS OF THE STRATEGIC, ECONOMICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RUSSIAN CONTEXT -- SPACE POLICY MAIN GUIDELINES -- RUSSIA'S SPACE PROGRAMS AND CO-OPERATION -- RUSSIA, A FUTURE PARTNER FOR THE WEST? -- THE U.S. SPACE POLICY, CONTINUITIES AND PERSPECTIVES -- BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE 2006 U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICY -- 2010 NEW ORIENTATIONS -- AFTER 2010 -- SPECIFICITIES OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE POLICY -- EUROPE'S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT -- THE GALILEO PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCHEME AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE GOVERNANCE? -- THE DEFENSE AND SECURITY DIMENSION OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE POLICY -- TOWARDS NEW EFFORTS TO PROCURE MORE FUTURE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES -- THE TOPICAL ISSUE OF SSA: HOW FAR EUROPE FEELS CONCERNED? -- CONCLUSION -- INDEX.