CARNEGIE-TSINGHUA CENTER FOR GLOBAL POLICY

APLN member Zhao Tong’s report addresses the perception gap between the two countries over the motivation behind U.S. missile defense and thoroughly examines the sources of this gap and provides actionable recommendations on both cooperative and unilateral ways for the two countries to tackle them. Learn more.

“The ambiguities that have prompted this missile defense dispute arise from the vagaries of the security concerns that China has cited, a lack of technical clarity about certain U.S. missile defense capabilities and the doctrinal uses and strategic intentions for which they are employed, and uncertainties surrounding Beijing’s inchoate response to U.S. missile defense.”