1st Edition

Avoiding War In The Nuclear Age Confidence-building Measures For Crisis Stability

By John Borawski Copyright 1986
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

This book assembles leading confidence-building measure (CBM) experts from government and academia to assess the utility of CBMs for crisis stability. It is intended to contribute to the ongoing national debate over the role of arms control in strengthening national security.

Part 1: Overview 1. The World of CBMs Part 2: Foundations 2. The Hotline 3. The Accidents Measures Agreement 4. Avoiding Incidents at Sea 5. The Stockholm CDE Negotiations 6. CBMs in the U.N. Setting 7. Soviet Views of CBMs Part 3: Futures 8. Beyond the Hotline: Controlling a Nuclear Crisis 9. CBMs for Stabilizing the Strategic Nuclear Competition 10. Risk Reduction and Crisis Prevention 11. An East-West Center for Military Cooperation 12. The Limits of Confidence Part 4: Conclusion 13. Conclusion

Biography

JOHN BORAWSKI is an editor of the journal Helsinki Monitor, formerly director of the Political Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, Belgium, and security advisor to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.