| Description |
1 online resource (56 pages) : illustrations |
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Carnegie papers |
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Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Strategic stability in context -- President Obama's vision -- Issues of doctrine and practice -- Strategic stability and trust -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
China is increasingly factored into U.S. nuclear strategy. When President Obama released the administration's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) -- a document that guides America's nuclear policy, strategy, capabilities, and force posture for the next five to ten years -- in April 2010, China was named 36 times. By contrast, China was barely mentioned in the last NPR completed in 2002. The United States expressed its desire to enhance strategic stability with China, but there needs to be a better understanding of how China perceives America's nuclear posture. While China is unsure how to interpret the NPR, there is a consensus among Chinese experts that the strategy lacks a complete definition of how strategic stability applies in the context of Sino-U.S. relations. The term -- generally used in describing the U.S.-Russia relationship -- often signifies a balance between two roughly equal or balanced nuclear powers, but there is a considerable disparity in numbers and capabilities between the United States and China. As a result, China sees both challenges and opportunities in moving toward strategic stability with the United States. The challenge is that Washington could use nuclear talks to force Beijing to become more transparent without any U.S. commitment to limit its own military ambitions in return. The opportunity is that the two powers could build a relationship based on mutual vulnerability, diminishing the possibility of either side using nuclear coercion or aggression |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, viewed on May 13, 2011) |
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"February 2011." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-54) |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- China
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Deterrence (Strategy)
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Deterrence (Strategy)
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Diplomatic relations.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
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China -- Foreign relations -- United States
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China.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
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