In an op-ed for The Japan Times, Prof. Minxin Pei warned that the war in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear arms race in Asia. “By bolstering the case for more nuclear weapons in Asia, Putin’s war in Ukraine could decimate what little is left of the region’s strategic stability,” he said. “This not only poses an existential threat to Asia; it would also deliver yet another blow to the global nonproliferation regime, making it even harder to prevent the spread of such weapons in other regions.”