The dynamics of an entangled security dilemma: China's changing nuclear posture/
HIIM Henrik Stalhane
The dynamics of an entangled security dilemma: China's changing nuclear posture/ Henrik Stalhane Hiim, M. Taylor Fravel and Magnus Langset Troan - 2023
Amid an intensifying rivalry with the United States, China is modernizing and significantly expanding its nuclear forces. These developments fuel concerns that China's traditional nuclear strategy premised on a limited nuclear arsenal for assured retaliation and a no-first-use policy is undergoing a major shift. Using Chinese-language materials, an examination of Chinese debates about China's security environment and the future direction of its nuclear strategy finds that a nuclear-conventional entangled security dilemma is emerging between the United States and China. The shift in the conventional balance of force in the region and the U.S. development of lower-yield nuclear weapons has led to greater fears in China of U.S. limited nuclear use in a conflict.
CHINA
NUCLEAR
EXPANSION
The dynamics of an entangled security dilemma: China's changing nuclear posture/ Henrik Stalhane Hiim, M. Taylor Fravel and Magnus Langset Troan - 2023
Amid an intensifying rivalry with the United States, China is modernizing and significantly expanding its nuclear forces. These developments fuel concerns that China's traditional nuclear strategy premised on a limited nuclear arsenal for assured retaliation and a no-first-use policy is undergoing a major shift. Using Chinese-language materials, an examination of Chinese debates about China's security environment and the future direction of its nuclear strategy finds that a nuclear-conventional entangled security dilemma is emerging between the United States and China. The shift in the conventional balance of force in the region and the U.S. development of lower-yield nuclear weapons has led to greater fears in China of U.S. limited nuclear use in a conflict.
CHINA
NUCLEAR
EXPANSION