U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability
The superiority of United States of America (U.S.) in advance military technology nowadays has been challenged by many countries in the world. China had successfully tested their anti-satellite weapons and that led to arms race with U.S. This research aimed to study the implications of the anti-sate...
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| author | Saad, Nur Hazlina |
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| description | The superiority of United States of America (U.S.) in advance military technology nowadays has been challenged by many countries in the world. China had successfully tested their anti-satellite weapons and that led to arms race with U.S. This research aimed to study the implications of the anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons of U.S. and China to the Asia Pacific countries. The study appears that U.S.- China ASAT race has putting the instability to the Asia Pacific region as it will sparks the security threat over Taiwan issues, the possibility to engage with debris and nuclear threat as that will potentially equipped in the ASAT weapons, and security dilemma to the rest in the region those do not have the capability to built up their own ASAT. As a way out of these instability, U.S. and China managed to get involve in confidence building engagement, future cooperative security mechanism, and code of conduct in space for the entire region. However, the future of the Asia Pacific region is expectedly remains uncertainty. |
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| spelling | uum-25132011-02-22T09:35:38Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2513/ U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability Saad, Nur Hazlina JZ International relations The superiority of United States of America (U.S.) in advance military technology nowadays has been challenged by many countries in the world. China had successfully tested their anti-satellite weapons and that led to arms race with U.S. This research aimed to study the implications of the anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons of U.S. and China to the Asia Pacific countries. The study appears that U.S.- China ASAT race has putting the instability to the Asia Pacific region as it will sparks the security threat over Taiwan issues, the possibility to engage with debris and nuclear threat as that will potentially equipped in the ASAT weapons, and security dilemma to the rest in the region those do not have the capability to built up their own ASAT. As a way out of these instability, U.S. and China managed to get involve in confidence building engagement, future cooperative security mechanism, and code of conduct in space for the entire region. However, the future of the Asia Pacific region is expectedly remains uncertainty. College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia. Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Ismail, Siti Zubaidah 2010 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/2513/1/Nur_Hazlina_Saad_-_US_China_-_Anti_Satellite.pdf Saad, Nur Hazlina (2010) U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability. In: The Third International Conference on International Studies (ICIS 2010), 1st-2nd December 2010, Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur. College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia. , Sintok, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9789832078456 http://icis.uum.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | JZ International relations Saad, Nur Hazlina U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability |
| title | U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability |
| title_full | U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability |
| title_fullStr | U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability |
| title_full_unstemmed | U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability |
| title_short | U.S. - China anti satellite (ASAT) weapons arms race undermines Asia Pacific strategic stability |
| title_sort | u s china anti satellite asat weapons arms race undermines asia pacific strategic stability |
| topic | JZ International relations |
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