ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the various confidence and security building measures proposals that have been advanced at the Stockholm conference. It addresses the NATO, Soviet, Romanian, and Neutral and Nonaligned proposals in turn and tries to draw some conclusions both about them and about where the enterprise launched at Stockholm may eventually lead. The Stockholm gathering was itself established as a semi-independent conference; although required to report its results to the next scheduled review meeting for the Final Act, to be held in Vienna in November 1986, the Stockholm conference could put any agreements it reached into effect immediately, without awaiting subsequent review. In contrast to NATO's emphasis on long-term deeds, the Soviets seem to place more emphasis on immediate words—on the instant efficacy of pledges or treaty commitments of the kind the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is proposing. In early 1984, Stockholm was for a time the only East-West negotiation taking place.
