Publisher's Synopsis
The countries of NATO and the Warsaw Pact have begun to negotiate for both nuclear and conventional arms reductions. A start was made with the Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Forces and now there appear to be good prospects for deep cuts in strategic nuclear forces and also for a regulation of conventional force levels in Europe. But however promising the emerging relationship between Moscow and Washington may seem, the world is no longer bipolar. Hence the arsenals of other states, partcularly China, France and Great Britain, are of increasing significance. Against this background the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO) has held several recent meetings at which experts have presented a variety of perspectives.;The volume has three sections: five contributors focus on strategic realities; five consider current global problems; and four address current European problems.
