Dr. Larry F. Martinez

Professor, Department of Political Science
California State University
Long Beach, CA 90840-4605 USA
Telephone: +1-562-985-4713

Email: martinez at csulb dot edu

View from the Topkapi Palace overlooking the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey


Faculty Advisor to the Model United Nations Club and Class

(POSC 376 - International Law, POSC 378 - Politics and Practice of the UN) - Enrollment permit applications for POSC 378 are available outside my office door at SPA-235.  The applications are due on November 6, 2009.

Fall Semester 2009 Courses

  • International Law (POSC 376) Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
  • Graduate Seminar in International Relations (POSC 600) Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
  • Global Politics (POSC 218) Tuesday-Thursdays at 2 pm


    • Research and Publications: Global Regimes for High Technologies

  • Internet Governance
  • Outer Space Governance
  • Online Political Culture - Cyberspace Citizenshp
  • Recent Publications
  • “Science in Service of Power: Space Exploration Initiatives as Catalysts of Regime Evolution,” Air and Space Law (Netherlands: Kluwer), Fall 2007.

    Contributing Author, “Commercialization of Democracy: The Rise of the Political Industrial Complex,” in Caroline Robertson-von Trotha (ed.), Globale Handlungsfelder: Medien - Politik - Bildung. published by the Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft, Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, November 2006.

    Contributing Author, “Weaving a Legal Web in Space: Factors for Globalizing Governance,” book chapter in Project 2001: Legal Framework for the Commercial Use of Outer Space, Published by the University of Cologne, June 2002.

    Book Review of Handberg, Roger. Seeking New World Vistas: The Militarization of Space. American Political Science Review, 258, Vol. 95, March 2001.