Аннотация:The article builds on two assertions: the first – that today the Asian region is gaining its political and economic momentum causing intra-regional flares of struggle for power and the second – that space technologies once given impetus by the USSR and the US prove to be the means of both hard and soft power. Amidst these the posture of the Asian countries’ space programs and signs of regional geopolitical competition shifting into the outer space dimension have not received enough elaboration yet. Thus, the author attempts to analyze the evidence of the forthcoming space race in Asia and threats this may pose to the global security.
Key words: space race, Asia, China, India, security.
ISSN: 1407-1908