Understanding Chinese Nuclear Thinking
Abstract
Objective: U.S. national security policy, including nuclear policy, has increasingly focused on
China. Despite more than two decades of official and unofficial U.S.-Chinese
nuclear dialogues and scholarship, major questions about the sources of Chinese
nuclear thinking remain poorly understood. This project aims to promote debate
and understanding about sources of Chinese nuclear thinking, first in Beijing and
then through a dialogue between Chinese and American experts. This project also
seeks to generate insights that help test competing theories of China’s nuclear
development, based on either economic scarcity or a specific understanding of
nuclear deterrence. It will inform scholars and governmental and nongovernmental
experts in both countries in an effort to improve strategic stability
and remove rhetorical or political barriers to multilateral arms reductions.
Description
Performer: Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
Project Lead: Li Bin
Project Cost: $149,000
FY15-16
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