Study: Any Conflict over Taiwan to Risk US-China Nuclear Escalation
A conflict between the US and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defence research centre warned on Thursday.
In a strategic assessment ahead of Asia's biggest annual defence meeting in Singapore this weekend, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said the world was on the cusp of a new nuclear arms race "with the Asia-Pacific at its core"."Regional states and those with strategic interests are expanding their nuclear arsenals, while non-nuclear weapons states pursue long-range conventional-strike capabilities: both challenging strategic stability," the IISS assessment added.Taiwan, along with the war on Iran and uncertainties about US commitments to the region, are expected to surface prominently at the IISS' Shangri-La Dialogue.
The event follows a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Beijing earlier this month, which led to some concern in Taipei about Washington's commitment to help the island defend itself.Beijing has never ruled out the use of force to take control of Taiwan, but has also said it would prefer "peaceful reunification". Taiwan's government dismisses Beijing's sovereignty claims.Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taiwan by increasing its military presence around the island, keeping Taipei on high alert for further Chinese moves following the summit.
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