Political analyst Professor Joe Siracusa says the United States is "very close" to war with China over the South China Sea amid a build-up in nuclear arsenal.

It comes as US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

"We're marching towards war and its important they put a stop to it right now," Prof Siracusa said.

"But look, there isn't anything that's going to be safe if there's one hour of general nuclear war in that neck of the woods.

"And what Biden has to do is sort of reassure the Chinese that he doesn't want to go to war and the Chinese have to reassure Biden that they're not going to go to war with Taiwan without provocation – so there's plenty of room to work on here."

Prof Siracusa identified the number one issue going forward should be on setting up a security dialogue between the two nations about nuclear weapons.

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