Outline

• 00:00 Introduction
• 1:02 Roadmap
• 1:48 Chinese Nuclear Modernization Efforts
• 7:42 China’s Motivations for Nuclear Buildup
• 10:16 Open-Source Research on Chinese Nuclear Forces
• 12:50 Low-Yield Chinese Warheads and Escalation Management
• 19:23 China’s Suspicions of Arms Control and Nuclear Learning Process
• 27:03 Shift to Launch on Warning Posture?
• 30:52 China-India Nuclear Relationship
• 34:02 How Chinese Strategists View India’s Strategic Capabilities
• 36:33 China’s Role and Intentions in the May Crisis
• 45:39 Reactions to the Pakistan-Saudi Defense Pact