最小限の報復手段：核時代の中国の安全保障 The Minimum Means of Reprisal : China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age (American Academy Studies in Global Security)

Lewis, Jeffrey G.

Mit Pr（2007/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 262 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780262122849
• DDC分類 355.02170951

基本説明

Examines China's nuclear and space capabilities and deployment strategies, as well as the Chinese government's stance in arms control negotiations.

Full Description

An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy. In The Minimum Means of Reprisal, Jeffrey Lewis examines China's nuclear and space capabilities and deployment strategies, as well as the Chinese government's stance in arms control negotiations. Lewis finds that Chinese officials hold a "restrained view" about the role of nuclear weapons in national security and maintain a limited nuclear capacity sufficient to deter attack but not large enough for control of these weapons to be compromised.The future of cooperative security arrangements in space will depend largely on the U.S.-Chinese relationship, and Lewis warns that changes in U.S. defense strategy, including the weaponization of space, could signal to China that its capabilities are not sufficient to deter the United States from the use of force. Such a shift could cause China to reconsider its use of restraint in nuclear strategy, further damaging the already weakened arms control regime and increasing the nuclear threat to the United States and the world.