Wilson Center : Book Launch | Tripolar Instability: Nuclear Competition Among the United States, Russia, and China Tuesday Jun. 27, 2023 11:00am – 12:00pm ET

 

Book Launch | Tripolar Instability: Nuclear Competition Among the United States, Russia, and China Tuesday Jun. 27, 2023 11:00am – 12:00pm ET 6th Floor Flom Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson Center and Online

With China’s emergence as a peer nuclear power to the United States and Russia, the world is on the cusp of a tripolar nuclear order. Cold War risks are being dangerously recast. The nuclear “balance of terror,” which averted great-power conflict, is becoming less stable. The risk of nuclear war is the greatest since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Robert Litwak’s Tripolar Instability examines how these risks can be managed amidst the Ukraine war and heightened tensions over Taiwan. Join the Wilson Center on June 27 for a conversation between the author and David Sanger. Free books will be available for signing after the event.

Speakers Robert S. Litwak Senior Vice President and Director of International Security Studies David Sanger Distinguished Fellow; White House and National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times. Author of "The Inheritance," "Confront and Conceal" and "The Perfect Weapon."

Moderator Robin S. Quinville Director, Global Europe Program

EVENT CO-SPONSORS GLOBAL EUROPE PROGRAM KENNAN INSTITUTE KISSINGER INSTITUTE ON CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT