For those of you interested in space technology in context of Asian IR, may I recommend Saadia Pekkanen's
work:

1. book on space policy reviewed by Foreign Affairs http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67195/saadia-pek
kanenpaul-kallender-umezu/in-defense-of-japan-from-the-
market-to-the-military-in-space-pol

2. United States Air Force Space Command (USAFSC) of this book as well.
http://www.avia-it.com/act/editoriali/Editoriali_marzo_
2011/In_defense_of_japan.pdf

3. an interview she did with NBR on Asia's military space politics.
http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=173

Also the work on Japan-DPRK relationship and on the use of threat in Japan by Chris Hughes.

Best regards,
Ellis
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Ellis S. Krauss, Professor,
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies University of California, San Diego