| This paper focuses on space security. With historical reviews over the root, definitionand nature of the space power and general reflection on major schools of the internationalrelations on space security issue, the author creates a "space security spectrum analysis model".In that model, the author absorbs rationales from major schools of international relations, givesfull analysis over both positive and negative elements regarding space security strategy-makingprocess, and raises three most probable scenarios for space security. Based on that, the authorraises his own perspectives on China's national strategy for space security.In the Introduction, it is openly stated the issue of focus to this paper, that is, the spacesecurity strategy for China, briefly reviews are given to domestic and international studies onthis topic, and several key definitions and terms, such as the outer space, outer space weapons,the weaponization of out space, etc., are discussed in this part as well. The author alsopresents in this part his research approach and methodology, the new thinking in this paper anddifficult point for research, as well as basic structural settings for the paper.Chapter One and Chapter Two are devoted to establishing the "spectrum analysis model"for space security. In Chapter One, reviews are given over strategic and geo-political theoriesand four major schools of space security analysis, focusing on the root, definition and nature ofthe space power, and reflecting also on the definition and nature of space security. In ChapterTwo, a new model for space security study is established, which reveals that different status ofspace security would compose a spectrum allocation with "completely destructive space war"as one end and the "legal framework ensuring eternal peace in space" as the other. The statusof space security would not stay in still, on the contrary, as a result of joint influence ofdifferent national strategic approaches, the space security situation may move vividly along thatspectrum between those two ends.Based on this model, the paper keeps researching over major space-faring nations' strategyfor space, their space capabilities, and those major international fora on space security issue,such as the UNGA, the CD and the COPUOS. With further findings on reasonableexplanation over often aggressive national space security approaches and internationalinstitution building stalemates, the paper proves its spectrum analysis model for space security.In Chapter Five, which focusing on China's national space strategy, the author gives a fulldiscussion over strategic goals, capabilities, approaches and major elements respectively. It isproposed that China now is in great need to carry out a roof-setting strategy in the field of spacesecurity and space development.As some major findings and conclusions, the paper rules that the space power theory hasbeen upgrading for itself since mankind entered into the space, thus it will become a majorstrategic theory. The space security is determined by many elements, and different spacesecurity scenarios would appear to the world a spectrum with two defined ends in this paper.It is of vital importance for China, under current circumstances, to set up its own national spacestrategy, with maintenance of national space power and international space peace as the finalgoals, and to design for itself regarding indispensable strategic capabilities and approaches toobtain those capabilities and fulfill those goals. |
