ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a comparative analysis of the different country case studies (Britain, China, India, and Pakistan) and provides an assessment of the relative influence of the four variables geostrategic (threat) environment, international norms, leadership, and control of nuclear operations on nuclear C2 evolution and stability across different time and space. It draws its assessment on information presented within the preceding four chapters to shed broader insights into how those four variables can shape the development of nuclear C2 systems. The chapter also assesses the degree of variance in these problems and challenges as depicted by these nuclear weapons states during their formative years. Based on its comparative analysis and assessment, this chapter draws seven tentative conclusions that can be tested further on other nuclear weapon states.
