East-West Arms Control Challenges for the Western Alliance

The INF treaty signed between the United States and the Soviet Union in December 1987 is a milestone in the history of East-West arms relations. The profound changes which occurred within Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during the closing years of the 1980s had direct links with equivalent changes in the East-West political environment. This has resulted in the resurgence of negotiated arms control as a principal activity in working towards establishing a new East-West relationship.
"East-West Arms Control" covers a wide range of issues, from the role of arms control after the INF treaty to NATO strategy and alliance behavior. It includes domestic and alliance politics and the technical treatment of arms control matters. The book takes a sober look at the significance of what has been achieved so far, where the arms control process is currently heading, and what prospects and challenges the Western Alliance will face.

Assuming a movement towards detente, East-West Arms Control assesses the role and relevance of arms control in an era of rapidly eroding bipolarity and East-West confrontation. It takes a sober look at the significance of what has been achieved so far, where the arms control process is currently heading and what prospects and challenges the Western Alliance will face.

Introduction and Acknowledgements David Dewitt and Hans Rattinger Part One: Arms Control, NATO Strategy and Alliance Politics 1. Strategy, Arms Control and Reassurance: Dilemmas in German-American Security Relations Herbert Dittgen 2. The Political and Strategic Implications of the INF Treaty for NATO Paul Buteux Part Two: Arms Control after the INF Treaty 3. Requirements for Successful Negotiations on Force Reductions in Europe Jonathan Dean 4. Security and Arms Control in Europe: A German Perspective Dieter Mahncke Part Three: The Role of Confidence Building Measures 5. Confidence and Security Building Measures: An Evolving East-West Security Regime? Volker Rittberger , Manfred Efinger and Martin Mendler 6. Confidence Building Processes--CSCE and MBFR: A Review and Assessment James Macintosh Part Four: Public Opinion, Domestic Politics and Arms Control 7. The INF Agreement and Public Opinion in West Germany Hans Rattinger 8. Towards an Anti-Nuclear Consensus: West Germany, INF, and the Future of Nuclear Arms Control in Europe Thomas Risse-Kapan 9. Up (or down) on Arms: American and Canadian Public Attitudes in the Mid-1980s Don Munton Part Five: European Arms Control in the 1990s 10. CFE, Germany, and the Future of Europe Roger Hill and Robin Hay Appendix: Final Communiques, NATO and WTO summits 1988 - 1990 Index

David Dewitt, Hans Rattinger