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Namrata Goswami
Dr. Namrata Goswami is an author, professor and consultant specializing in space policy, international relations, and ethnic identity. All views are her own.
She teaches at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, the Joint Special Forces University, and is a consultant for Space Fund Intelligence. She is a guest lecturer at Emory University for seminars on Technology, Society & Governance and India today.
She was subject matter expert in international affairs with Futures Laboratory, Alabama. She worked as Research Fellow at MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi; a visiting Fellow at Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway; La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Heidelberg, Germany; Jennings-Randolph Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace; and was a Fulbright Senior Fellowship Awardee. She was awarded the Minerva grant by Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to study great power competition in outer space. In April 2019, Dr. Goswami testified before the U.S-China Economic and Security Review Commission on China’s space program.
Her co-authored book, “Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space” was published 2020 by Lexington Press; Rowman and Littlefield. Her book “The Naga Ethnic Movement for a Separate Homeland” was published in 2020 by Oxford University Press. She has published widely to include in The Diplomat, the Economic Times, The Washington Post, Ad Astra, Asia Policy, Live Encounters Magazine, Cairo Review. She was invited in November 2019 to share about her life and her work at a Tedx event held at the Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, Alabama.
She is currently working on two academic book projects, one on “China’s Grand Strategy and Notions of Territoriality” and the other on “Spacepower Theory and Practice: Case Studies of U.S. China, India, Russia and Japan.”

August 23, 2024
Measuring the Depth of India’s Space Program
By Namrata Goswami

August 16, 2024
China Advances Its Space Capabilities, Enlarging Its Strategic Advantage
By Namrata Goswami

May 13, 2024
China’s Chang’e 6 Moon Mission Is a Game Changer
By Namrata Goswami

May 03, 2024
The Reorganization of China’s Space Force: Strategic and Organizational Implications
By Namrata Goswami

January 12, 2024
The Strategic Implications of China’s ‘Divine Dragon’ Spaceplane
By Namrata Goswami and Peter Garretson

December 27, 2023
India’s Space Program in 2023: Taking Stock
By Namrata Goswami

December 13, 2023
China’s Space Program in 2023: Taking Stock
By Namrata Goswami

October 03, 2023
Long March 9 Rocket Will Be a Game-changer for China’s Space Program
By Namrata Goswami

September 14, 2023
The Strategic and Geopolitical Significance of India’s Chandrayaan 3 Lunar Mission
By Namrata Goswami

August 17, 2023
The Lunar Race Between India and Russia: What’s at Stake?
By Namrata Goswami

April 22, 2023
China Prioritizes 3 Strategic Technologies in Its Great Power Competition
By Namrata Goswami
