U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue, Phase III - Conference Report
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Authors
Twomey, Christopher P.
Shelor, Kali
Subjects
China
Nuclear weapons
U.S.-China relations
track-two diplomacy
Nuclear weapons
U.S.-China relations
track-two diplomacy
Advisors
Date of Issue
2008
Date
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
The third annual session of the U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue was held in Honolulu, HI from November 4 through 6, 2007. The Dialogue is a track 1.5 conference; thus, it is formally unofficial, but includes a mix of government and academic participants. The Dialogue is organized by the Naval Postgraduate School and Pacific Forum-CSIS and is funded and guided by the Advanced Systems and Concepts Office of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The goal of this series of annual meetings has been to identify important misperceptions regarding each side’s nuclear strategy and doctrine and highlight potential areas of cooperation or confidence building measures that might reduce such dangers. Beyond that, the conference aims to deepen American understandings of the way China views nuclear weapons, the domestic debates that shape those views, and the degree to which there is change in strategy, doctrine, and force posture in Beijing. Both of the first two meetings had focused their discussions on general perceptions of the utility of nuclear weapons, the nature of current nuclear strategy and operational concepts of each side, regional issues pertaining to nuclear weapons issues, and prospects for cooperation with regard to specific policy areas. (Conference reports from the first two meetings were published previously and are available from NPS at either the FOUO or unclassified level from this author.) This year, the meeting was organized around five panels (see the attached agenda) centering on the key strategic threat perceptions of each side—general and proliferation related—and the various sorts of security policies each undertakes to address these threats—unilateral, bilateral, or multilateral.
Type
Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
School of International Graduate Studies (SIGS)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-NS-08-002
Sponsors
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Funder
MIPR No. 07-2206