ABSTRACT
The Soviet conventional force imbalance, which for spawned fears of a continent-wide offensive, will disappear through a conventional force reductions in Europe Treaty. Soviet and American bilateral destruction of the bulk of each of our chemical weapons stockpiles will move us along a realistic path toward our mutual goal: a global ban on these weapons of horror. Any policy toward the Soviet Union, however, must begin with a sober appreciation of the twin revolutions in motion: the first—the Soviet governments relations with the outside world, the second—the changes within Soviet society. The United States and the Soviet Union need pathways and mechanisms for managing new threats to the emerging international order. Iraq's brutal subjugation of Kuwait leaves no doubt that even though the danger of US-Soviet confrontation has eased, the world remains a dangerous place. We have also instituted programs to help the Soviets build democratic institutions and the rule of law.
