Part 1 Strategic realities: the logic of nuclear strategy - the US orientation to counterforce, Earl C.Ravenal; the problem of the nuclear First-Use option, Cui Liru; the geopolitics of strategic defence, Earl C.Ravenal; the nuclear strategies of medium powers with nuclear arms, Zhang Jianzhi; the problem of extended deterrence in NATO, Jane M.O. Sharp. Part 2 Current global problems: minimum deterrance and international security, Richard H.Ullman; nuclear cruise missiles - the problem of verification, Kosta Tsipis; the quest for international disarmament and the role of second-rank nuclear-weapon states, Huang Tinwei et al; a nuclear test ban - a Soviet scientist's viewpoint, V.I.Goldanskii; stability and verifiability of the nuclear balance after deep reductions, Harold A.Feiveson and Frank Von Hippel. Part 3 Current European problems: Franco-German cooperative defence - its logic and its limitations, Michael D.Maden; the conventional balance in Europe -Bean Count or complex assessment?, Dmitri Batani and Paolo Farinella; European security and the changing context of East-West relations, Mario Zucconi; the future of relations between Eastern and Western Europe, Heinrich Siegmann.
