Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

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U.S.-China Cooperation on Nuclear Power

July 2009

Atlantic Council

Abstract

Today, senior government officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Washington for the inaugural Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which is the successor to the Bush Administration's Strategic Economic Dialogue. The Atlantic Council timed the release of its latest energy report, United States-China Cooperation on Nuclear Power: An Opportunity for Fostering Sustainable Energy Security, to coincide with these important talks.

The report is based on dialogues sponsored by the Atlantic Council and the U.S./China Energy and Environment Technology Center at Tsinghua and Tulane Universities.

There is hope that the dialogue will address the challenges and opportunities facing both countries on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues of immediate and long-term strategic and economic interest. It will also set the stage for a series of bilateral discussions on energy security and global climate change.