As the United States has considered options for a missile defense system, it was natural enough to focus first on gaining the acquiescence of Russia, its ABM Treaty partner. But the result is that China has been insufficiently taken into account. Unles …
This is the culmination of a two-year project launched by The Henry L. Stimson Center to explore means to ameliorate security relations between Japan and China. A team of American and Japanese security specialists and a group of senior advisors were as …
US notice of impeding abrogation of the ABM Treaty and the development of Ballistic Missle Defenses (BMD) has generated great concern in Beijing. China’s small nuclear arsenal capable of striking the United States will be put in jeopardy, giving the Un …
Presented to the Stimson Center/CNA NMD-China Project on February 28, 2002 This report examines the Bush administration’s decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missle (ABM) treaty, and its consequences on the US-China relationship. China’s likel …
In this paper, Alan Romberg agrees that there are problems in the U.S.-PRC relationship. He disagrees, however, with suggestions that the United States and the PRC should negotiate a “fourth communiqué” to update the 1972, 1978, and 1982 joint communiq …
Presented to the Stimson Center/CNA NMD-China Project on January 17, 2002 Godwin views China’s doctrine of minimal deterrence as likely to change, with NMD being an important factor. NMD also provides additional and significant incentives for China to …
Presented to the Stimson/CNA NMD-China Project on December 14, 2001 From Beijing’s perspective, NMD poses a fundamental challenge to China’s nuclear deterrent. Finkelstein probes Chinese perspectives in assessing PRC reactions to NMD, and encourages Be …