the dynamic between the united states and china and of course that then has an impact on the other neighboring nuclear states now most of china's missiles actually fall within that formerly banned intermediate range and now the u.s. will in theory be able to deploy and station similar ones in the asia pacific. well that's at least the concern from the chinese perspective joining us to explain this and more is adam me of macor university adam so that set up i laid out just now is that really the case that the u.s. is going to be the one ratcheting up tensions in the region. well melissa certainly demise of the i n f a treaty makes everyone less safe you know in asia iran is a prospect of a new arms race principally between us russia and china but also others north korea south korea japan for example an arms race dynamic would especially be likely if the u.s. decides to deploy new missile is to asia you know to counter china's growing