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Hiroshima at 75: Asia back on the nuclear centre stage

The nuclearisation of US-China rivalry has serious implications for regional security

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Seventy-five years after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, Asia is coming back to the centre stage of global nuclear politics as the tensions between the US and China acquire an atomic dimension.

An incipient arms race in Asia in strategic weapons promises to destabilise the security order in the region.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 04, 2020, with the headline Hiroshima at 75: Asia back on the nuclear centre stage. Subscribe