Opening the Debate on U.S.-China Nuclear Relations, The China Security, Issue No.1, 2005

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Opening the Debate on U.S.-China Nuclear Relations, The China Security, Issue No.1, 2005

Magazine - China Security

The China Security policy brief is dedicated to bringing diverse Chinese perspectives to Washington on vital traditional and non-traditional security issues that impact China’s Strategic Development and its relations with the United States.

China Security seeks to improve the understanding of China amongst American policy practitioners and the public by providing Chinese experts’ authoritative analyses on critical security issues. China Security is published by World Security Institute China Program.

China’s nuclear strategy has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the United States since China tested and developed its first nuclear device in 1964. For most of that time, China has maintained the policies of No-First-Use and minimum deterrence to define its nuclear program. Yet, with a changing strategic dynamic in a post-Cold War era, a fresh debate over China’s nuclear strategy and the U.S. policies affecting it is necessary and long overdue.