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U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue: Phase VIII Report
"The eighth annual session of the U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue on strategic nuclear issues was held in Oahu, Hawaii, from June 8 to 10, 2014. The dialogue is a Track 1.5 meeting; it is formally unofficial but includes a mix of government and academic participants. The dialogue is organized by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Pacific Forum CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and funded by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) at NPS. For the third time, this meeting was also supported by a Chinese co-host, the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA). This 'non-governmental' association, with close ties to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and People's Liberation Army (PLA), helped improve the level and quality of participants and secure support for discussing certain topics. The goal of this series of annual meetings has been to identify important misperceptions regarding each side's nuclear strategy and doctrine and highlight potential areas of cooperation or confidence building measures that might reduce such dangers." This document has been added to the Homeland Security Digital Library in agreement with the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) as part of the PASCC collection. Permission to download and/or retrieve this resource has been obtained through PASCC.
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Glosny, Michael A.; Twomey, Christopher P.; Jacobs, Ryan
2014-12
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U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue: Phase IX Report
From the Document: "In this meeting, participants on the Chinese side included a mix of active and retired senior PLA [People's Liberation Army] officers, officials from the MFA [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] and Ministry of National Defense (MND), experts from government-run civilian Chinese think tanks, and scholars from Chinese universities. The U.S. delegation included participants from government, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and National Defense University (NDU); think tanks such as Pacific Forum CSIS [Center for Strategic and International Studies]; and universities such as the University of California-San Diego. It also included observers from the State Department, the Joint Staff, USPACOM [United States Pacific Command], USSTRATCOM [United States Strategic Command], Global Strike Command, and DTRA [Defense Threat Reduction Agency], among others. In total, there were more than 25 American participants. One of the goals of this series of meetings is to create a community of regular participants who develop accumulated learning and the personal trust needed to facilitate a more open discussion. This effort met with much success this year in frank, substantive discussions unhindered by boilerplate debates and the increasingly tense tenor of the overall bilateral relationship." Note: This document has been added to the Homeland Security Digital Library in agreement with the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) as part of the PASCC collection. Permission to download and/or retrieve this resource has been obtained through PASCC.
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Contemporary Conflict
Twomey, Christopher P.; Glosny, Michael A.; Wueger, Diana . . .
2016-12
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U.S. - India Strategic Dialogue: 2014 Report
"The eighth session of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi, India, from December 12-13, 2013. The Dialogue is a Track II meeting; it is formally unofficial, but many participants have experience in or connections to government. The Dialogue is organized by the Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) Center on Contemporary Conflict and the Observer Research Foundation and is funded by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD (PASCC). The goal of this series of annual meetings has been to identify important elements of each side's strategic outlook; highlight potential areas of cooperation; and identify possible means of overcoming problems in the U.S.-India relationship. Reports for the previous year's dialogues have been published and are available on NPS web pages or from this report's authors. The following pages review the proceedings of this year's meeting by providing analysis on the panel presentations and ensuing discussions." Note: This document has been added to the Homeland Security Digital Library in agreement with the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) as part of the PASCC collection. Permission to download and/or retrieve this resource has been obtained through PASCC.
United States. Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Contemporary Conflict
Jacobs, Ryan; French, Ryan W.; Kapur, S. Paul
2014-02
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Nuclear Learning in South Asia: The Next Decade
"This collection of selected papers brings together findings from the Center on Contemporary Conflict's (CCC) South Asian Nuclear Learning project. With support from the National Nuclear Security Administration, a group of regional scholars from India, Pakistan, and the United States convened in Bangkok, Thailand in 2012 to discuss the concept of nuclear learning and apply it to the regional context of South Asia. Participants presented research findings assessing regional perspectives on nuclear learning, doctrinal developments, command and control setups, deterrence strategies, and approaches towards arms control, and confidence-building measures. Three years prior, the CCC's South Asian Nuclear Learning project kicked off with a conference entitled, 'A Decade of Nuclear Learning: Ten Years After the South Asian Nuclear Tests.' A small group of experts from India, Pakistan, and the United States met in Honolulu, Hawaii to assess the evolution of Pakistani and Indian nuclear policies since the first nuclear tests in 1998. Scholars evaluated nuclear learning in India and Pakistan by examining divergent developments in nuclear decision-making, nuclear doctrine, command and control, and deterrence in the first decade. This report reflects the findings of both conference iterations. The overarching goal of the conferences was to identify whether India and Pakistan have reached a point in their nuclear learning that would ensure there will be peace and stability in the region. While there have been some positive gains in the realm of nuclear learning, this group of experts concluded that India and Pakistan took divergent learning paths and therefore significant progress still needs to be made to narrow this gulf and ensure détente and peace."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Khan, Feroz Hassan, 1952-; Jacobs, Ryan; Burke, Emily A.
2014-06
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U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue: Phase VII Report
"In early June, 2012, eight Chinese participants, including high-ranking Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) officers, met with twenty-five Americans (a mix of officials and researchers) to discuss bilateral nuclear issues at an unofficial meeting. This dialogue, funded by DTRA [Defense Threat Reduction Agency], has been held annually for the past seven years. The Chinese delegation was the most official ever received in Hawaii, and the participants actively engaged in the discussions. The delegation included active duty military officers, retired officers, think tank researchers, academic faculty, and a space security expert. Our Chinese institutional co-host from the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) emphasized that these dialogues (in Hawaii and a parallel annual meeting in Beijing) are valued in Beijing and feed into the Track I process on their side both through their Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of National Defense (MND). The overall tone was positive and substantive. Boilerplate concerns about U.S. policy in the region were kept to a minimum, although China continues to express concerns about U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs and conventional strike capabilities. China's 'no-first-use' (NFU) of nuclear weapons policy served as backdrop for some of the discussion, constraining engagement with some issues, and illustrating the depth to which that policy shapes even well-connected official perceptions. Chinese participants displayed increasing confidence in their second strike capabilities and reiterated that their view of deterrence requires a very modest number of warheads." Note: This document has been added to the Homeland Security Digital Library in agreement with the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) as part of the PASCC collection. Permission to download and/or retrieve this resource has been obtained through PASCC.
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Contemporary Conflict
Glosny, Michael A.; Twomey, Christopher P.; Jacobs, Ryan
2013-05
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