Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s Issue Brief ‘Beyond China: Exploring Asia’s Emergence In Space’ has been published by Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on 22 May 2023.
The Issue Brief tries to assess the space race among Asian powers, exploring the geoeconomics, geopolitical, and geostrategic dimensions behind the initiation of space programs in various Asian states and understanding the concept of a space race among them. This paper focuses on assessing Category-2 and Category-3 space programs; therefore, no direct assessment of China’s space program is conducted.