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The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee launches a Block V Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon's newest variant, during a three day missile exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sean Ianno)

Why the US fixation on increased nuclear capability won’t deter China but could lead to instability and nuclear war

By Andrew Facini | Nuclear Weapons

US Navy ships re-fueling at sea in the South China Sea.

Deterring a Chinese military attack on Taiwan

By Larry Diamond, James O. Ellis, Jr. | Special Topics

Unify the Mother Country Chinese propaganda poster 1978

Introduction: How to negotiate the China-Taiwan impasse

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

The trouble with Taiwan

By Lyle Goldstein | Nuclear Risk

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament protest in London, 1983

How to avoid nuclear war with China

By Richard L. Garwin, Frank von Hippel | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

To reassure Taiwan and deter China, the US should learn from history

By (Clark) Aoqi Wu | Special Topics

flight operations aboard USS Nimitz in South China Sea

The United States and stability in the Taiwan Strait

By Jingdong Yuan | Special Topics

US and Aussie submarines

Introduction: Can the United States and China co-exist in the 21st century? Will they?

By John Mecklin | Opinion, Special Topics

submarine leaving Hawaii

One if by invasion, two if by coercion: US military capacity to protect Taiwan from China

By Owen R. Cote | Analysis

The aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan transit the South China Sea in July 2020. (Photo credit: US Navy)

How the United States can chart a new path that avoids war with China

By Henry Bienen, Jeremiah Ostriker | Nuclear Risk