The Henry L. Stimson Center has developed a model international Code of Conduct to prevent dangerous military activities in space. Key provisions include avoiding collisions and dangerous maneuvers in space; prohibiting simulated attacks and anti-satellite tests in space; and adopting more stringent space debris mitigation measures.
This paper discusses NMD's potential "cascading effect" upon the China-South Asia nuclear balance as well as other possible repercussions in Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
James Mulvenon asserts that the China-Taiwan-U.S. triangle of asymmetric capabilities, dominance and fervor fosters a dangerously unstable environment in the Taiwan Strait, making escalation control difficult.
Paul Godwin speculates on how China would respond to a U.S. deployment of a national missile defense system.