China's Military Space Strategy: An Exchange

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China's Military Space Strategy: An Exchange

In the autumn 2007 issue of Survival, Ashley J. Tellis argues that China’s recent anti-satellite weapons test was part of a considered strategy designed to counter the overall military capability of the United States, and that "the United States has no choice but to run an offense–defense arms race, and win."

By Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Krepon

Published on Feb 1, 2008

Source: From Survival

In the autumn 2007 issue of Survival, Ashley J. Tellis of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace argued that China’s recent anti-satellite weapons test was part of a considered strategy designed to counter the overall military capability of the United States, and that "the United States has no choice but to run an offence–defence arms race, and win." The article stimulated a large number of responses, and Survival invited a selection of those who responded, and some other experts, to elaborate on their views. Comments from Michael Krepon, Eric Hagt, Shen Dingli, Bao Shixiu and Michael Pillsbury, and a response from Tellis, follow.

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About the Authors

Ashley J. Tellis

Former Senior Fellow

Ashley J. Tellis was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Michael Krepon

Military Foreign Policy Nuclear Policy China

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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