The Minimum Means of Reprisal: China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age
The Minimum Means of Reprisal: China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age
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最低限度的报复手段：中国在核时代寻求安全
DOI：
10.5860/choice.45-2286
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2007
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Jeffrey G. Lewis
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Jeffrey G. Lewis
在《最低限度的报复手段》一书中，杰弗里·刘易斯分析了中国的核能力、太空能力和部署战略，以及中国政府在军控谈判中的立场。刘易斯发现，中国官员对核武器在国家安全中的作用持“克制态度”，并保持有限的核能力，足以威慑攻击，但又不足以危及对这些武器的控制。太空合作安全安排的未来将在很大程度上取决于美国-中国的关系，刘易斯警告说，美国国防战略的变化，包括太空武器化，可能会向中国发出信号，表明其能力不足以阻止美国使用武力。这种转变可能导致中国重新考虑其在核战略中使用克制，进一步损害已经削弱的军备控制制度，增加对美国和世界的核威胁。
In The Minimum Means of Reprisal, Jeffrey Lewis examines China's nuclear and space capabilities and deployment strategies, as well as the Chinese government's stance in arms control negotiations. Lewis finds that Chinese officials hold a "restrained view" about the role of nuclear weapons in national security and maintain a limited nuclear capacity sufficient to deter attack but not large enough for control of these weapons to be compromised.The future of cooperative security arrangements in space will depend largely on the U.S.-Chinese relationship, and Lewis warns that changes in U.S. defense strategy, including the weaponization of space, could signal to China that its capabilities are not sufficient to deter the United States from the use of force. Such a shift could cause China to reconsider its use of restraint in nuclear strategy, further damaging the already weakened arms control regime and increasing the nuclear threat to the United States and the world.