ABSTRACT
At a number of conferences held during the course of 1985, and in particular in today's lecture by Professor Martin Sherwin, a deep analysis has been presented of Niels Bohr's idea that all the applications of nuclear energy had to be developed in a world without secrets and without barriers among different states. The author contribution to this conference is that he examines some historical aspects of the interrelation between science and technology on the one hand and the arms race on the other, within the frame of Western Europe, starting from the end of the Second World War. This chapter outlines the most important organizations that were created, in Europe, to deal with various fields of science and technology immediately after the Second World War. It also presents the problem of the arms race control as viewed by the Europeans. Finally, the chapter mentions a few, more recent developments, the last of which is the Eureka proposal.
