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

... 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 regime—seems like a daunting task in the ... ... downgrading its nuclear reliance, the role of the latter in US strategic documents becomes all the more striking. “A Free and Open Indo-Pacific” paper was issued under the Trump administration in 2019, while President J. Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy ...