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Avoiding Nuclear Escalation in a Conflict with China

Avoiding Nuclear Escalation in a Conflict with China

Update: 2025-06-12
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What if China invades Taiwan, the United States intervenes, and the world’s two superpowers engage in direct military conflict? RAND experts Dahlia Goldfeld and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga discuss how the United States could prevail in such a scenario without triggering catastrophic nuclear escalation.

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Avoiding Nuclear Escalation in a Conflict with China

Avoiding Nuclear Escalation in a Conflict with China

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