A Monsoon Instead of a Gentle Breeze: Creeping Nuclearization in the Asia-Pacific

... ASEAN plays a central role in the region, it is necessary to pay special attention to the broader geographical backbone of the Asia-Pacific region, i.e. SEA (Southeast Asia). The subregion is quite uniform as far as its stance in all-things-nuclear is concerned.... ... only each other but also to middle powers and small states . At least three out of the five NWSs (nuclear weapon states)—China, Russia and the US—have direct stakes in the region. However, the crippled arms control system has not been trilateralized as China has refused to be included in the configuration, nodding to its incomparably ...