Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia engagement at the think tank Defense Priorities in Washington and author of “Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging U.S.-China Rivalry.”
U.S. President Donald Trump said last month he wants to open nuclear arms control talks with China and Russia. In the past, China has resisted a trilateral approach — a hesitancy that has some logic to it given China’s nuclear arsenal is dwarfed in comparison with the U.S. and Russia. While it’s likely true that U.S. pressure to end the Russia-Ukraine War is fostering some concern about Washington’s security commitments across the Asia-Pacific, all concerned will benefit from greater focus on easing regional nuclear tensions.
