Pekkanen explains that Japan is targeting independence in space-based information due to concerns raised about continuing to rely on the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). The country’s quest for technological independence materialized in the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).
Saadia Pekkanen is the founding Director of the Jackson School Ph.D. Program and the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor at the Jackson School of International Studies. Her areas of research interest include international political economy, international law, space security and policy, and the international relations of Japan/Asia.
