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Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019.

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Keeping Pace with the Times: China’s Arms Control Tradition, New Challenges, and Nuclear Learning

Summer 2025 by Wu Riqiang

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The U.S.-China Stability-Instability Paradox: Limited War in East Asia

Summer 2025 by Henrik Stålhane Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø
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Opportunities for U.S.–China Nuclear Tension‑Reduction

Jan. 11, 2025 by Matthew Bunn
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China Starts Construction of a Third Demonstration Reprocessing Plant

Dec. 24, 2024 by Hui Zhang

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The U.S. and China Are One Misstep Away From War

Oct. 24, 2025

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from The New York Times

Saudi-Pakistan defence pact poses nuclear dilemma for China

Oct. 4, 2025

In The News

from South China Morning Post

Putin Just Gave Trump the Opportunity to Maintain Nuclear Restraint

Sep. 25, 2025

In The News

from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

China’s Military Is Now Leading

Sep. 3, 2025

In The News

from Foreign Policy

Keeping Pace with the Times: China’s Arms Control Tradition, New Challenges, and Nuclear Learning

Summer 2025 by Wu Riqiang

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from International Security

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019.

The U.S.-China Stability-Instability Paradox: Limited War in East Asia

Summer 2025 by Henrik Stålhane Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø

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from International Security

A naval rocket is exhibited in Moscow's Red Square past a banner of Vladimir Lenin, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx during the annual May Day parade in the Soviet Union in May 1, 1963.

The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double

Jul. 7, 2025

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from The Atlantic

The Atlantic

How Quickly Could Iran Build its First Nuclear Weapon?

Jan. 22, 2025

In The News

from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists