Conventional Arms Control and East-West Security

List of Acronyms vii

About the Authors xi

Foreword xvii

Editor's Preface xxi

Introduction / Robert D. Blackwill and F. Stephen Larrabee, USA xxiii

I. The General State of European Security

Part One / Francoise Heisbourg ,France 1

Part Two / Janusz Symonides, Poland 22

II. The Military Balance in Europe

Part One / Richard L. Kugler, USA 44

Part Two / Alexei G. Arbatov, Nikolai Kishilov, and Oleg Amirov, USSR 66

III. The Political Objectives of Conventional Arms Control

Part One / Ian Cuthbertson, UK 90

Part Two / Laszlo Labody, Hungary 116

IV. The Military Objectives of Conventional Arms Control

Part One / K. Peter Stratmann, FRG 140

Part Two / Alexander A. Konovalov, USSR 164

V. NATO/WTO Military Doctrine

Part One / Peer H. Lange, FRG 186

Part Two / Andrei A. Kokoshin, USSR 212

VI. Conventional Arms Reduction Approaches

Part One / David A. Ochmanek and Edward L. Warner III, USA 231

Part Two / Alexei G. Arbatov, USSR 258

VII. Verifying Conventional Force Reduction and Limitations

Part One / Jonathan Dean, USA 280

Part Two / Andrzej Karkoszka, Poland 307

VIII. Confidence- and Security-Building Measures

Part One / Timothy E. Wirth, USA 342

Part Two / Adam-Daniel Rotfeld, Poland 359

IX. Constraints

Part One / Richard E. Darilek and John K. Setear, USA 379

Part Two / Manfred Mueller, GDR 405

X. Nuclear Weapons and Conventional Arms Control

Part One / Arnold Kanter, USA 422

Part Two / Alexei A. Vasliev, USSR 442

Conclusion: What Next for Conventional Forces in Europe? / Robert D. Blackwill and F. Stephen Larrabee, USA 462

Index 473