Asian powers play a crucial role in the nuclear future of the planet. In this book a number of specialists analyze the nuclear future of Asia to encourage readers to broaden their understandings and draw their own conclusions.

William H. Overholt has served on the Hudson Institute research staff since 1971 as a policy analyst specializing in foreign policy, Asian politics, and policy development. He is also a research associate at Columbia University's Research Institute on International Change.

Preface -- The Next Phase in Nuclear Proliferation Research -- China as a Nuclear Power -- Nuclear Arms and Japan -- Nuclear Proliferation in Eastern Asia -- India's Nuclear Program: Decisions, Intent, and Policy, 1950-1976 -- India, Pakistan, Iran . . . : A Nuclear Proliferation Chain? -- A U.S. Nuclear Posture for Asia