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The Meaning of the Nuclear Evolution: China's Strategic Modernization and US-China Security Relations
- DOI:
- 10.1080/01402390.2012.714710
pages 447-487
- Received: 21 May 2012
- Accepted: 19 Jul 2012
- Published online: 29 Aug 2012
Abstract
Will China's development of a new generation of nuclear weapons impact US-China security relations in important ways? One's answer depends on how one views the following: whether or not Chinese leaders believe that they are only now acquiring a secure second strike capability; the scope of coercive power that secure second strike capability provides to conventionally inferior actors; the meaning of China's ‘No First Use’ Doctrine; and the prospects for escalation control in future crises. Applying Cold War theories and tapping Chinese doctrinal writings this article concludes that China's nuclear modernization program might prove more consequential than is commonly believed.
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- Received: 21 May 2012
- Accepted: 19 Jul 2012
- Published online: 29 Aug 2012
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- a Director of the China and the World Program, Princeton University , Princeton , USA
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