| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第12-13页 |
| Vita | 第13-16页 |
| List of Tables | 第16-17页 |
| Ⅰ.Introduction | 第17-20页 |
| Ⅱ.Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| 1.The Deficiency of the China Threat | 第21-23页 |
| 2.Democratic Peace and US-led democratization | 第23-26页 |
| 3.International Institutions in Northeast Asia | 第26-27页 |
| 4.Hypotheses and Research Questions | 第27-28页 |
| Ⅲ.Two North Korean Nuclear Crises | 第28-56页 |
| 1.The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis | 第28-36页 |
| 1) The process of the first North Korean nuclear crisis | 第28-31页 |
| 2) The causes of the first DPRK nuclear crisis | 第31-36页 |
| a) US economic sanctions | 第31-33页 |
| b) US military threat | 第33-34页 |
| c) Diplomatic blockade | 第34-36页 |
| 2.The second DPRK nuclear crisis | 第36-45页 |
| 1) The Process of the second North Korean nuclear crisis | 第36-39页 |
| 2) US-led Democratization | 第39-45页 |
| a) US-led Democratization in Northeast Asia | 第39-41页 |
| b) Democratization of the DPRK and China | 第41-43页 |
| c) Possibility of China's democratization | 第43-45页 |
| 3.China's reaction to US regime change and regime evolution | 第45-56页 |
| 1) Regime Change and Regime Survival | 第46-51页 |
| 2) Regime Evolution and Regime Reform | 第51-53页 |
| 3) China's reaction against US-led democratization | 第53-56页 |
| Ⅳ.The Six-party Talks | 第56-74页 |
| 1.The Process of the Six-Party Talks | 第57-58页 |
| 2.China's Multilateralism and US Unilateralism on the Six-Party Talks | 第58-60页 |
| 3.China's multilateral security regime vs.US hub-spoke alliance and the league of democracy | 第60-64页 |
| 1) Permanent security regime vs.hub-spoke alliance | 第60-62页 |
| 2) Permanent security regime vs.Asia-Pacific democracy partnership | 第62-64页 |
| 4.Is Conflict Inevitable between China and the US? | 第64-74页 |
| 1) The lack of international institutions vs.the initiation of international regime | 第65-69页 |
| 2) Power Transition vs.Economic Interdependence | 第69-72页 |
| 3) The possibility of military conflict between China and the US | 第72-74页 |
| Ⅴ.New developments of the Obama administration | 第74-82页 |
| 1.Missile Defense network | 第76-78页 |
| 2.Role change in the United States Force in Korea(USFK) | 第78-80页 |
| 3.Economic sanctions and US military action | 第80-82页 |
| Ⅵ.Conclusion:competition between China and the US on the Korean Peninsula | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
