Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Assuring Assured Retaliation: China’s Nuclear Posture and U.S.-China Strategic Stability

    Authors:
  • Fiona Cunningham
  • M. Taylor Fravel
| Fall 2015

Summary

Many analysts worry that recent advances in U.S. military capabilities could cause China to abandon its nuclear strategy of assured retaliation and its no-first-use doctrine. The writings and statements of Chinese nuclear experts, however, suggest that such fears are misplaced.

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For Academic Citation: Fiona S. Cunningham and M. Taylor Fravel. Assuring Assured Retaliation: China’s Nuclear Posture and U.S.-China Strategic Stability.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 40. no. 2. (Fall 2015):
7-50
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