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How to Promote Effective China-U.S. Strategic Nuclear Dialogue

IN THIS ISSUE: Promoting effective China-U.S. nuclear dialogue, an IAEA conversation with Rafsanjani, House GOP, Senate battle over nuclear funds, N. Korea and U.S. to meet in Geneva, Tepco says Fukushima radiation declines further, Finland to host 2012 Mideast nuke conference.

Published on October 18, 2011
 

Promoting Effective China-U.S. Strategic Nuclear Dialogue

Li Bin | Carnegie Commentary

Hu Jintao and Barack Obama

Since the late 1980s, the United States and China have pursued strategic nuclear dialogues at various levels, ranging from track I government-to-government negotiations to track II exchanges among non-governmental security experts.

Strategic nuclear dialogues between the two countries are important for stabilizing nuclear relations as they help clarify suspicions and build cooperation. The importance ofthese exchanges has been demonstrated several times, including during the negotiation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1994-1996 and at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in 1995. Despite this positive record, the two countries have evolving and diversified interests in the agendas and formats of these dialogues, a situation which requires careful management.

Event: Making the U.S.-Chinese Nuclear Dialogue Effective
Speakers: Carnegie senior associate Dr. Li Bin and UCS senior analyst Dr. Gregory Kulacki.
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