Arms Control without Negotiation: From the Cold War to the New World Order - Hardcover

Ramberg, Bennett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555873766 ISBN 13: 9781555873769

Publisher: Lynne Rienner, 1993

Synopsis

Beginning with Mikhail Gorbachev's December 1988 announcement that Moscow intended to unilaterally reduce its conventional armed forces, the spotlight on arms control has turned away from negotiated treaties toward unilateral reductions, and we have witnessed a number of reciprocal reductions not subject to negotiation. While these initiatives appear novel, this book demonstrates that they are only the tip of a unilateral arms control iceberg. The authors argue that arms control without negotiation - broadly defined to include unilateral reductions to induce reciprocal, as well as unilateral military research, development, procurement, reconfiguration and non-deployment - is as important as treaties, if not more so. The authors discuss the utility of unilateral measures in inducing reciprocation, review the links between defence planning and unilateral arms control, address the domestic politics of arms control issues, and consider implications for the future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555873766
• ISBN 13: 9781555873769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 285