Extended deterrence: Beijing workshop

On 18 October 2010, the Lowy Institute held its first event in China. A team of Australian researchers led by the Institute’s international security program director, Rory Medcalf, joined colleagues from China, Japan and South Korea in a workshop on the future of extended deterrence and strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific, in the context of changing regional power balances and efforts towards nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. It was co-hosted with the Institute for International Studies at Tsinghua University and the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (Japan Institute of International Affairs). This Beijing event was supported by the Nuclear Security Project of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and will inform research for a multi-authored book to be released next year.