Sino-American Strategic Restraint in an Age of Vulnerability

Authors

David C. Gompert, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Phillip C. Saunders, Center for Strategic Research and Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

For all their power, both the United States and China are increasingly vulnerable. Each faces a range of strategic dangers, from nuclear weapons to disruption of critical computer networks and space links. Because their relationship is at once interdependent and potentially adversarial, the United States and China are especially vulnerable to each other: interdependence exposes each to the other, while the potential for conflict impels each to improve strategic capabilities against which defenses can be futile. Strategic vulnerability cannot be eliminated, only mitigated.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

1-2012

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Gompert, David C. and Saunders, Phillip C., "Sino-American Strategic Restraint in an Age of Vulnerability" (2012). Strategic Forums. 73.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/73