Paving the Way for a "New Type of Major Country Relations"

The Eighth China-US Dialogue on Strategic Nuclear Dynamics, Issues & Insights, Vol. 14, No. 9, Beijing, People's Republic of China, November 4-5, 2013The commitment made by US President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the June 2013 Sunnylands Summit in California to forge a “new type of major country relations” between the United States and China has set a highly positive tone for the bilateral relationship. It has provided a useful framework to advance US-China cooperation (and better manage competition) on a range of issues, including in the strategic nuclear field where key disagreements persist and where there is still no official bilateral dialogue

In search of organizing principle: a conference report of the US-China Dialogue on strategic nuclear dynamics

Based in Honolulu, the Pacific Forum CSIS (www.pacforum.org) operates as the autonomous Asia-Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. The Forum’s programs encompass current and emerging political, security, economic, business, and oceans policy issues through analysis and dialogue undertaken with the region’s leaders in the academic, government, and corporate areas. Founded in 1975, it collaborates with a broad network of research institutes from around the Pacific Rim, drawing on Asian perspectives and disseminating project findings and recommendations to opinion leaders, governments, and members of the public throughout the region.Naval Postgraduate SchoolDoN Grant N00244-16-1-004

US-China Strategic Nuclear Relations: Time to Move to Track-1 Dialogue

Pacific Forum CSIS, Issues & Insights Vol. 15, No. 7, US-China Strategic Nuclear Relations: Time to Move to Track-1 Dialogue, The Ninth China-US Dialogue on Strategic Nuclear Dynamics, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, February 9-10, 2015The China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies and the Pacific Forum CSIS, with support from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (NPS-PASCC) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), held the 9th China-US Strategic Nuclear Dynamics Dialogue on Feb. 9-10, 2015. Some 80 Chinese and US experts, officials, military officers, and observers along with four Pacific Forum Young Leaders attended, all in their private capacity. The off-the-record discussions covered comparative assessments of the strategic landscape, nuclear dimensions of the “new type of major country relationship,” nonproliferation and nuclear security cooperation, ways to address regional nuclear challenges (North Korea and Iran), strategic stability and reassurance, and crisis management and security-building measures. A sub-group of US participants met with VADM Sun Jianguo, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff. Key findings from this meeting are outlined below.This publication [article] results from research supported by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of mass Destruction (PASCC) via Assistance Grant/Agreement No. N00244-14-0052 awarded by the NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego (NAVSUP FLC San Diego)