Yearbook on Space Policy 2010/2011

Part I. The Year in Space 2010/2011

1. European Space Activities in the Global Context
Spyros Pagkratis

2. Developments in Space Policies, Programmes and Technologies Throughout the World and in Europe
Spyros Pagkratis

Part II. Views and Insights

3. The Establishment of the UK Space Agency
Sa’id Mosteshar

4. The New German Space Strategy: How Strategic Is It?
Cornelius Vogt

5. “Towards a Space Strategy for the EU that Benefits Its Citizens”: The EU’s Declaration of Intents for Space
Matxalen Sánchez Aranzamendi

6. Space-Based Capabilities for Internal Security Operations: A Critical Assessment of the Case of Land Border Surveillance
Alexander Kolovos

7. European Access to Space: Challenges and Perspectives
Anna Veclani, Nicolò Sartori, Rosa Rosanelli

8. Cooperation in Space Between Europe and Israel in Light of the Recent ESA-ISA Agreement
Daniel Barok

9. Recent Development of Japan’s Space Policy: The Quasi-Zenith Satellite Programme and the Space Policy Making Process
Hideaki Shiroyama

10. What Future for GEOSS? Results from the November 2010 GEO Ministerial Meeting
Catherine Doldirina

11. Digital Divide and the Global Crisis
Julia Neumann

12. Space Debris: Legal Framework, Issues Arising and New ISO Guidelines in 2010/2011
Joanne Wheeler

Part III. Facts and Figures

13. Chronology: June 2010–May 2011
Spyros Pagkratis, Blandina Baranes

14. Bibliography of space policy publications July 2010–June 2011
Blandina Baranes

Keywords: Engineering, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Political Science, general, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, R & D/Technology Policy