This book puts the widely-held view that 'arms control in space is not possible' to the test and aims to explore how, and under what conditions, arms control could become a reality. Drawing upon international regimes and IR theory, Mutschler examines the success of space weapons and anti-ballistic missiles.

1. Introduction 2. Arms Control: Concepts and Debates 3. Regime Theory and Preventive Arms Control 4. Anti-Ballistic-Missiles and Arms Control 5. Space Weapons and Arms Control 6. Analyzing Arms Control in Space 7. Conclusion

Max M. Mutschler is a Researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin. He holds a doctoral degree from the Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, where he worked as a lecturer and research associate at the Institute of Political Science.