Averting a Sino-U.S. space race

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 19-35

  Martel, William C ^a   Yoshihara, Toshi ^b,c  

^a US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Inst for Foreign Policy Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; SECURITY THREAT; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142094560     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/016366003322387082     Document Type: Article

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