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Adapting US strategy to account for China’s transformation into a peer nuclear power

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Please join the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub on Monday, September 30th at 3:30pm ET for the launch of a new report by primary investigators David Shullman and John Culver, titled, “Adapting US strategy to account for China’s transformation into a peer nuclear power.”

In their new report, Shullman and Culver reassess China’s changing strategy, doctrine, and warfighting approach as a peer nuclear power, and China’s employment of this nuclear power in the context of US-led military and economic actions against China in a Taiwan invasion scenario. Based on this reassessment of China’s nuclear strategy, the report also provides actionable recommendations for the US and allied decision-makers.

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Adapting US strategy to account for China’s transformation into a peer nuclear power

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Reassessing China’s changing strategy, doctrine, and warfighting approach as a peer nuclear power, and China’s employment of this nuclear power.
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This initiative capitalizes on the breadth of the Atlantic Council’s geographic reach and expertise on China across everything from security, to energy, to technology, to the economy, to information integrity in order to provide US and allied decision-makers with strategic solutions to the vexing questions posed by China’s rise.

What happens in China no longer stays in China. China’s approach to everything, from economic reform to mounting political repression, affects its trajectory as a great power and directly impacts US and allied interests and values. China Inside Out provides cutting-edge insights into the domestic drivers of China’s external behavior to shape effective allied responses.

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China is increasingly trying to position itself as a leader of and champion for the developing world, using efforts such as the Global Development Initiative and the Belt and Road Initiative to expand its presence in the Global South. The Global China Hub closely monitors these developments and the strengths and shortcomings of China’s strategy for the Global South and what it means for the US and its allies and partners.

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Sep 23, 2024

Adapting US strategy to account for China’s transformation into a peer nuclear power

By David O. Shullman, John K. Culver, Kitsch Liao, Samantha Wong

Reassessing China’s changing strategy, doctrine, and warfighting approach as a peer nuclear power, and China’s employment of this nuclear power.

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