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

... thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral arms control arrangements from crumbling—let alone strengthening ... ... divisive line as the one between offensive and defensive systems. China has long been striving to create a full-scale nuclear triad ... ... in terms of producing highly enriched uranium or plutonium for nuclear weapons. No matter how delicately Zhongnanhai has been ... ... strategic documents becomes all the more striking. “A Free and Open Indo-Pacific” paper was issued under the Trump administration ...