Intro
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Spacepower: Capacity and Autonomy
1.2 Book Outline
References
2 Conceptualizing Space Actors: State and Power in Space
2.1 Space Power as a Form of State Power
2.2 State Power: Capacity and Autonomy
2.2.1 State Capacity: The Tyranny of a Concept
2.2.2 State Autonomy (and Its Enemies): The Forgotten Core
2.3 Spacepower and Space Power[s]
2.3.1 The Literature on Spacepower
2.3.2 Recovering and Redefining Spacepower
2.3.3 Spacepower as a Matrix: Space Powers and Other Actors
References

3 Measuring Space Actors: A Methodological Framework
3.1 Overview of the Methodological Framework and Scoring System
3.2 Measuring Capacity
3.2.1 Hard Capacity
3.2.2 Soft Capacity
3.3 Measuring Autonomy
3.3.1 Hard (Technical) Autonomy
3.3.2 Soft (Political) Autonomy
3.4 Indexing Capacity and Autonomy
References
4 Comparing Space Actors: An Empirical Assessment
4.1 Overview
4.1.1 Case Selection and Data
4.1.2 Positioning of Space Actors in the Spacepower Matrix: Outline
4.2 Measuring and Comparing Capacity
4.2.1 Measuring Hard Capacity

4.2.2 Measuring Soft Capacity
4.2.3 Building the Capacity Index and Matrix
4.3 Measuring and Comparing Autonomy
4.3.1 Measuring Hard (Technical) Autonomy
4.3.2 Measuring Soft (Political) Autonomy
4.3.3 Building the Autonomy Index and Matrix
4.4 Measuring Spacepower and Identifying Space Powers
4.4.1 Country Results
4.4.2 Comparative Results
References
5 Conclusions
Appendices
Appendix A: Major Literature on Spacepower (1988-2020)
Appendix B: Major Definitions of Spacepower
Appendix C: The "Measuring Spacepower" Survey
Country of Expertise

Soft Capacity Questions
Space and Security
Space and Defence
Space and Foreign Policy
Environment and Resources
Infrastructure
Development and Growth
Civil Society
Political Autonomy Questions
Acting
Complying
National Policies
Programmes
Partners
Dominance