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Home / Grand strategy / Is it possible to “win” a nuclear war?
Grand strategy, Asia, China, Nuclear weapons

August 5, 2025

Is it possible to “win” a nuclear war?

On the other hand, Chinese planners can think this way too. Lyle Goldstein, a professor at Brown University who studies Chinese military strategy, says that “Chinese scholars are talking openly about limited nuclear war now,” which they have not in the past. But when confronted about this shift by Americans, they tend to make the argument, “We’re discussing it because you’re discussing it.”

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