Amanda Pearson
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A US–USSR limited war was unlikely due to land theater & limited precision, yet US–China tensions, centered on a maritime theater with precision & non-kinetic weapons, make a limited regional nuclear war over Taiwan more likely, argue Henrik Hiim & Øystein Tunsjø @intsecurity.bsky.social 10/10
The U.S.-China Stability-Instability Paradox: Limited War in East Asia
Abstract. With China and the United States seemingly locked in intensifying and enduring competition, many analysts compare today's U.S.-China rivalry with the one between the Soviet Union and the Uni...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A US–USSR limited war was unlikely due to land theater & limited precision, yet US–China tensions, centered on a maritime theater with precision & non-kinetic weapons, make a limited regional nuclear war over Taiwan more likely, argue Henrik Hiim & Øystein Tunsjø @intsecurity.bsky.social 10/10