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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.”

October 20, 2021
China’s Shenzhou 13 Mission and Its Long-Term Impact
By Namrata Goswami

June 18, 2021
China’s Steady Space Progress Takes Another Leap
By Namrata Goswami

May 01, 2021
China Moves Toward a Permanent Space Presence
By Namrata Goswami

March 19, 2021
The Strategic Implications of the China-Russia Lunar Base Cooperation Agreement
By Namrata Goswami

January 22, 2021
What’s Ahead for China’s Space Program in 2021?
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami

December 18, 2020
Why Is China Going to the Moon?
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami

November 20, 2020
China’s Coming Chang’e 5 Launch: Strategic Implications
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami

July 14, 2020
Why Is China Going to Mars?
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami

July 01, 2020
The Economic and Military Impact of China’s BeiDou Navigation System
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami

February 21, 2020
Trump’s India Visit Should Enhance US-India Space Cooperation
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami

November 04, 2019
China’s Future Space Ambitions: What’s Ahead?
By Namrata Goswami and Namrata Goswami
