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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Security Cooperation in Space and International Relations Theory

Author : Max M. Mutschler

Published in: Handbook of Space Security

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

This chapter resorts to international relations theory to explain various patterns of security cooperation in space. There have been several attempts for security cooperation but the success was limited. While neorealism explains this lack of cooperation with the difficulties to achieve balanced gains, for neoinstitutionalism, the central hurdle is the establishment of effective rules and mechanisms to verify the compliance of states. For a constructivist/liberal account, the main problem lies in the dominant beliefs about the value of unilateral space policies. Taken together these three theoretical perspectives provide a comprehensive account of security cooperation in space.

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This chapter is partly based on Max M. Mutschler (2013).
 
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Metadata
Title
Security Cooperation in Space and International Relations Theory
Author
Max M. Mutschler
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Handbook of Space Security

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-2028-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-2029-3

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2029-3_71

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