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

... special attention to the broader geographical backbone of the Asia-Pacific region, i.e. SEA (Southeast Asia). The subregion is ... ... Pacific countries are certainly not ready to host or deal with nuclear weapons in any other way. Nuclearizing the Periphery: Great ... ... least three out of the five NWSs (nuclear weapon states)—China, Russia and the US—have direct stakes in the region. However, ... ... roughly tenfold, even though China is predicted to have about a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral ...