sabre rattling in space: a south asian perspective

Dr Ahmad Khan has completed his PhD degree in Strategic and Nuclear Studies at the Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has co-authored seven international publications in impact factor journals on space and nuclear studies including two book chapters in the ’Handbook of Space Security’, published by Springer. He is a visiting faculty member in the same department. Previously, he was visiting fellow at South Asia Center, Atlantic Council, US.

Dr. Eligar Sadeh is an Aerospace professional and founder and President of Astroconsulting International. Sadeh is Editor of the academic journal Astropolitics and an adjunct professor, teaching courses in astrophysics, aerospace engineering, technology development, project management, and astropolitics. Sadeh has held professorships in the Center for Space Studies at the University of Colorado; College of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota; and in the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies U.S. Air Force Academy. Sadeh was a Systems Engineer for Lockheed Martin Space Systems working on NASA spacecraft and served as a Research Associate at George Washington University. Sadeh holds a PhD from Colorado State University. Sadeh founded the Astropolitics Institute in 2019 to promote the discipline.