Dingli Shen

Bio: Dingli Shen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Orient & China. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1 citations.

South Asia, Russia, China & The Middle East

Abstract: only nuclear weapons design and testing could recruit and retain skilled people. As the designers of the 1998 tests prepare to retire, it is expected they will ask who will maintain India's nuclear weapons in an uncertain future. How can they do this without more moaey and technical resources? Triumph of fear The nuclear weapons establishment will make the same case in Pakistan, which conducted its first nuclear test in 1998. How long will it be before Pakistan's nuclear weapons managers convince Gen. Pervez Musharraf that to maintain the weapons and deal with \"future unforeseen problems\" they will need new facilities, young scientists, and engineers trained in designing and developing nuclear warheads? If the world is to avoid living under the nuclear shadow, nuclear weapons designing skills must wither and die.

China’s Whole-of-Region Diplomacy in the Middle East: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract: To safeguard its economic and security interests, China has adopted a whole-of-region diplomacy in the Middle East since the end of the Cold war. Through a multitude of regional and international o...