ABSTRACT
Conflict results from irreconcilable views on security. Resolving conflict requires that people must recognise that their and their neighbours’ security requirements can both be met. Agreement on 50 percent reductions in strategic nuclear arms, especially as part of a continuing process, would further emphasise that security can actually be enhanced by reducing the numbers of weapons. If the safety and security of each country and region is to be maintained during the course of the disarmament process, then cuts in nuclear weaponry must be mutual. International security is today the sum total of all the bilateral and regional security commitments and relationships which link together in a global network. Threats to security come in many forms: military, economic, social, political, racial, religious, to name just a few. To respond to those threats in a constructive manner requires the development of a comprehensive security policy.
