Space technology export controls and international cooperation in outer space / by Michael C. Mineiro

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232).

Technical characteristics of space goods and technology that are relevant to export control -- Sovereignty as the legal basis of export controls : international law and space technology controls -- Policy, economic, and techno globalization -- The U.S. approach to comsat export controls and the challenge of U.S.-E.U. regulatory divergence -- U.S.-E.U. comsat export control regulatory divergence : an economic impact assessment in light strategic effectiveness -- Efforts to reform the STDA and China launch boycott : a public choice theory analysis -- Legal reform "inside-the-box" of a current national centric paradigm : a lacuna of long-term strategic vision -- Security and global civil space cooperation : space technology trade and proliferation controls as one part of the larger puzzle.