ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1993, is an analytical review that discusses the changes in the international security policies of the USA and USSR at the end of the Cold War, as well as the main events that occurred in the area of arms control. A distinctive feature of this work is the detailed analysis of competing Russian views concerning arms control agreements and Russian military reforms.

part I

Nuclear and Space Weapons

part II

Shifts in Superpowers’ Military Policies

part III

Security in Europe

part IV

Prospects for Naval Stability

chapter Chapter 13|16 pages

Limiting Naval Operations

chapter Chapter 14|13 pages

Limiting Naval Armaments

chapter Chapter 15|13 pages

Naval Tactical Nuclear Weapons

part V

Conversion of Defense Industries in the Commonwealth of Independent States

part VI

Multilateral Security Cooperation

part VII

Regional Conflicts

chapter Chapter 25|22 pages

The Gulf War

chapter Chapter 26|15 pages

The Middle East

chapter Chapter 27|9 pages

Afghanistan

chapter Chapter 28|11 pages

Southern Africa

chapter Chapter 29|10 pages

Central America

chapter Chapter 30|10 pages

Prospects for the Cambodian Settlement

chapter Chapter 31|12 pages

The Indo-Pakistani Conflict