Brodie, Wohlstetter and American nuclear strategy

Howard, Michael

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“…However, the nature of the nuclear dimension of contemporary Sino–American relations is evolving alongside the more adversarial political relationship. As Bernard Brodie noted early in the Cold War, the need for a secure retaliatory nuclear force was ‘unquestionably the greatest single military requirement for security in the atomic age, whether in war or peace’ (Howard, 1992, p. 316). In 2021, research reports based on satellite imagery have documented two new nuclear missile sites in China, with more than 100 nuclear missile silos at each site (Lewis, 2021).…”

Section: Comparing Contemporary Sino–american Dynamics To the Cold Warmentioning

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Sino–Americanrelations and the ‘new cold war’: A useful analogy for the Middle East?

Friedman

Sela

2022

Global Policy

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This article examines the value of the 'Cold War' analogy -which has become a commonly used shorthand to describe the Sino-American rivalry -for understanding the effects of the current great power competition in the Middle East.Instead of thinking in terms of the zero-sum logic of the Cold War, we are using the Cold War history in the Middle East as a heuristic device to sharpen our understanding of today's dilemmas. In other words, we are arguing for the benefits of thinking with the analogy rather than adopting it as a kind of conceptual framework for decision-making. Thinking with the analogy can help us identify how and why the Sino-American rivalry is shaping the Middle East's political and security context. After examining the merits of the analogy, we propose three 'lessons' from the Cold War history that can help us comprehend the potential effects of the Middle East on the Sino-American rivalry: Middle East actors can intensify the great power rivalry; Middle East conflicts may force reluctant regional actors to choose a side in the great power rivalry; and, lastly, Middle East energy resources flow in line with the producers' interests, not just the great powers' interests.

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Section: Comparing Contemporary Sino–american Dynamics To the Cold Warmentioning

confidence: 99%