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China Moves Centre Stage in Korean Peninsula Peace Efforts
China Moves Centre Stage in Korean Peninsula Peace Efforts
Risky Competition: Strengthening U.S.-China Crisis Management
Risky Competition: Strengthening U.S.-China Crisis Management
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. The New Normal: Risky Competition
    1. The Increasing Stakes of U.S.-China Competition
    2. Competition through Military Presence
      1. China’s outward push to achieve “national rejuvenation”
      2. U.S. defence of a “rules-based order”
    3. The Risks of Miscalculation and Escalation
      1. Strategic miscalculation and misperception
      2. Sparks from a collision at sea or in the air
  4. Mismatched Interests and Crisis Management
    1. Mechanisms for Promoting Safer Encounters
      1. Asymmetric interest in risk reduction
      2. Falling short of potential: The MMCA and Rules of Behaviour
    2. Defence and Military Dialogues
    3. Crisis Communications
  5. Making the Most of U.S.-China Crisis Management
  6. Conclusion
The front pages of Chinese evening newspapers, showing images of China's President Xi Jinping with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, are displayed at a newspaper stand in Beijing on March 28, 2018. Fred DUFOUR / AFP
Commentary / Asia

China Moves Centre Stage in Korean Peninsula Peace Efforts

After weeks in which other actors have taken notable steps towards defusing fears of war over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile program, a China-North Korea summit held 26-27 March in Beijing has reasserted China’s pivotal role in efforts to find a solution to the nuclear crisis.