Chapter 1 China’s Nuclear Strategy

 Chapter 2 Studies on US Nuclear Strategy

  Nuclear Deterrence Strategy

  Nuclear Force Employment Strategy

  Nuclear Force Development Strategy

  Nuclear Arms Control Policy

  Adjustment of Nuclear Policy by the Obama Administration

 Chapter 3 USSR/ Russia’s Nuclear Strategy

  Nuclear Strategic Thinking in the USSR Era

  Nuclear Strategic Thinking in the Russia Era

 Chapter 4 Britain’s Nuclear Strategy with Its Own Distinct Features

  The Motive for Developing Nuclear Weapons: Having in Place Two Nuclear Umbrellas

  The Center of Achieving Nuclear Deterrence: to Pursue a Nuclear Strategy of “Deterrence at the Lowest Possible Levels of Conflict”

  Guiding Principle of Nuclear Capability Building: Small in Size but Highly Efficient and Reliable

  Britain’s Chosen Option to Use Nuclear Capability: Remaining Independent While being Corporated into Nato’s Overall Plan

  The Tricky Part of Nuclear Strike Policy: Painstakingly Retaining the Ambiguous Nature of the Conditions that Justify a Nuclear Strike

 Chapter 5 A Study of French Nuclear Force Policy

  Nuclear Policy Doctrine

   1. During the Cold War

   2. End of Cold War until 2000

   3. 2001 till Now

  Nuclear Development Strategy

   1. Principles of nuclear weapon development

   2. Current Status of French Nuclear Force

  Nuclear Deployment Policy

   1. “Nuclear Monarchy”

   2. Plan for Nuclear Warfare

  Conclusion

 Chapter 6 Studies on Israel’s Nuclear Strategy

  Main Characteristics of Israel’s Nuclear Strategy

  Major Influences of Israel’s Nuclear Strategy

 Chapter 7 India’s Nuclear Policy

  Thoughts Behind India’s Nuclear Policy

   1.The founders of India’s nuclear policy

   2. Recessed deterrence thoughts before public nuclear test

   3. Debate after public nuclear test in India

  Doctrine and Fulfillment of India’s Nuclear Policy

   1. Nuclear doctrine of India

   2. Deployment of India’s strategic nuclear force

  Feature of India’s Nuclear Policy

 Chapter 8 Studies on Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy

  General Introduction of Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy

   1. General development of nuclear weapons

   2. General introduction of nuclear strategy

  Main Characteristics of Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy

   1. Rising importance of nuclear weapons in its national security strategy

   2. A nuclear weapon development strategy clinging on to India

   3. Deliberate ambiguity of nuclear weapons employment strategy

   4. A nuclear arms control strategy serving national security interests

  Influence of Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy on International Security

   1. The nuclear standoff and arms race between India and Pakistan have put South Asia under the grim threat of nuclear war and brought instability to regional situation

   2. A challenge to the international non-proliferation mechanism

   3. Pakistan plays an important role in international nuclear security cooperation

 Chapter 9 The DPRK Nuclear Issue and New Chinese Policy

  Development of DPRK Nuclear Issue

  Impact of DPRK Nuclear Issue on Peninsular Situation

  Future Directions in Chinese Policy

 Chapter 10 Discussion on Several Issues of the Global Nuclear Strategy and the USA’s Special Responsibility over Global Nuclear Situation

  Global Nuclear Posture: Current Situation and its Cause

   1. Current situation

   2. Cause of the situation

  Prospect of Global Nuclear Posture

   1. The positive/negative prospect

   2. Motivations for the positive prospect

   3. Motivations for the negative prospect

   4. Comparing the motivations for the positive and negative prospect

  Key Issues and Controversies Affecting the Global Nuclear Posture

   1. “No first use” of nuclear weapons

   2. Nuclear strategic stability

   3. Strategic mutual trust on nuclear issues

   4. Power in the nuclear field and democracy

  Conclusion: Competition with Disasters

 Chapter 11 A Comparison of Development Strategies of Nuclear Weapons

  Overview: The Different Historical Background and Basic Motivation of the Emergence of Each Nuclear State

  Different Path of Nuclear Weapons Development in Each Nuclear State during the Cold War

   1. The Nuclear Weapon Development Paths of the United States and the Soviet Union as Enemies

   2. A Comparison of the Nuclear Weapon Development Paths of the Great Britain, France and China

  A Comparison of Different Nuclear States’ Adjustment in Nuclear Weapon Development Strategy and Nuclear Weapon Development after the Cold War

  A Comparison of the Scale of Nuclear Arsenal of Current Nuclear States

  A Comparison of Nuclear Weapons Development Pattern, Model, Mentality and Focus of Different Nuclear States

  Concusion

 Chapter 12 The Coercion of Nuclear Weapons

 Chapter 13 Comparison on Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Policies of Major Countries

  US and USSR (Russia)

  China, UK, and France

   1. China

   2. UK

   3. France

  India and Pakistan

   1. India

   2. Pakistan

  DPRK and Israel

   1. DPRK

   2. Israel

  Ukraine, Libya and Japan

   1. Ukraine

   2. Libya

   3. Japan

 Acknowledgements