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

... those of Beijing roughly tenfold, even though China is predicted to have about a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral arms control arrangements from crumbling—let alone strengthening the corresponding... ... any other limitations in terms of producing highly enriched uranium or plutonium for nuclear weapons. No matter how delicately Zhongnanhai has been hiding its nuclear program... ... Arrangement in Northeast Asia Three out of four world’s de facto nuclear armed states (non-NPT) can be found in the Asia-Pacific. Such countries choose not to participate in the...