Toshi Yoshihara is the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the US Naval War College. James R. Holmes is an associate professor of strategy at the US Naval War College and the author of Theodore Roosevelt and World Order. Yoshihara and Holmes are also coauthors of Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy.

• 1. IntroductionToshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes 2. After Proliferation: Deterrence Theory and Emerging Nuclear Powers Joshua Rovner 3. South Africa's Nuclear Strategy: Deterring "Total Onslaught" and "Nuclear Blackmail" in Three StagesHelen E. Purkitt and Stephen F. Burgess 4. The Future of Chinese Nuclear Policy and StrategyChristopher T. Yeaw, Andrew S. Erickson, and Michael S. Chase 5. North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program: Motivations, Strategy, and DoctrineTerence Roehrig 6. Changing Perceptions of Extended Deterrence in JapanJames L. Schoff 7. Thinking About the Unthinkable: Tokyo's Nuclear OptionJames R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara 8. The Influence of Bureaucratic Politics on India's Nuclear StrategyAnupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut 9. The Future of India's Undersea Nuclear DeterrentAndrew C. Winner 10. Pakistan's Nuclear Posture: Thinking about the Unthinkable?Timothy D. Hoyt 11. Regime Type, Nuclear Reversals, and Nuclear Strategy: The Ambiguous Case of IranScott A. Jones and James R. Holmes 12. Conclusion: Thinking About Strategy in the Second Nuclear AgeToshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes Contributors Index

Toshi Yoshihara is the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the US Naval War College. James R. Holmes is an associate professor of strategy at the US Naval War College and the author of Theodore Roosevelt and World Order. Yoshihara and Holmes are also coauthors of Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy.

• 1. IntroductionToshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes 2. After Proliferation: Deterrence Theory and Emerging Nuclear Powers Joshua Rovner 3. South Africa's Nuclear Strategy: Deterring "Total Onslaught" and "Nuclear Blackmail" in Three StagesHelen E. Purkitt and Stephen F. Burgess 4. The Future of Chinese Nuclear Policy and StrategyChristopher T. Yeaw, Andrew S. Erickson, and Michael S. Chase 5. North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program: Motivations, Strategy, and DoctrineTerence Roehrig 6. Changing Perceptions of Extended Deterrence in JapanJames L. Schoff 7. Thinking About the Unthinkable: Tokyo's Nuclear OptionJames R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara 8. The Influence of Bureaucratic Politics on India's Nuclear StrategyAnupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut 9. The Future of India's Undersea Nuclear DeterrentAndrew C. Winner 10. Pakistan's Nuclear Posture: Thinking about the Unthinkable?Timothy D. Hoyt 11. Regime Type, Nuclear Reversals, and Nuclear Strategy: The Ambiguous Case of IranScott A. Jones and James R. Holmes 12. Conclusion: Thinking About Strategy in the Second Nuclear AgeToshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes Contributors Index

Toshi Yoshihara is the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the US Naval War College. James R. Holmes is an associate professor of strategy at the US Naval War College and the author of Theodore Roosevelt and World Order. Yoshihara and Holmes are also coauthors of Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy.

• 1. IntroductionToshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes 2. After Proliferation: Deterrence Theory and Emerging Nuclear Powers Joshua Rovner 3. South Africa's Nuclear Strategy: Deterring "Total Onslaught" and "Nuclear Blackmail" in Three StagesHelen E. Purkitt and Stephen F. Burgess 4. The Future of Chinese Nuclear Policy and StrategyChristopher T. Yeaw, Andrew S. Erickson, and Michael S. Chase 5. North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program: Motivations, Strategy, and DoctrineTerence Roehrig 6. Changing Perceptions of Extended Deterrence in JapanJames L. Schoff 7. Thinking About the Unthinkable: Tokyo's Nuclear OptionJames R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara 8. The Influence of Bureaucratic Politics on India's Nuclear StrategyAnupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut 9. The Future of India's Undersea Nuclear DeterrentAndrew C. Winner 10. Pakistan's Nuclear Posture: Thinking about the Unthinkable?Timothy D. Hoyt 11. Regime Type, Nuclear Reversals, and Nuclear Strategy: The Ambiguous Case of IranScott A. Jones and James R. Holmes 12. Conclusion: Thinking About Strategy in the Second Nuclear AgeToshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes Contributors Index