ABSTRACT
Conventional Deterrence Without Bounds promises little in the way of enhanced security for the rest of the world’s States as well. Three progressive alternatives to nuclear deterrence that have received the most attention are non-offensive defense (NOD), civilian-based defense (CBD), and an independent international peacekeeping force. The first especially is the focus of increased military attention because of the manifest recent change in the international security climate and because of the increasingly apparent infeasibility of the conservative alternatives. A more passive alternative to nuclear deterrence than NOD is CBD, which, in its purest form, postulates the elimination of all formal military forces and a reversion to society-wide, non-violent resistance of any hostile invasion. Among allied military nations, historically, there is a long tradition of information-sharing on a whole spectrum of issues ranging from protocol to sophisticated weaponry. Progressive changes in force composition and structure, which were long believed in military circles to be totally non-negotiable.
