China and East Asia: September 2000

China, American, and Missile Defense: Conflicting National Interests

By: Paul H. B. Godwin and Evan S. Medeiros

Description: "The United States and China must engage in some deep soul searching. What type of strategic stability does the United States seek with China? Is China a large rogue state whose strategic forces must be neutered by defensive systems, or is it a small Russia where strategic stability is achieved through mutual deterrence?"

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