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Europe and Naval Arms Control in the Gorbachev Era

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Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-829152-3
341 pp.
1992

During the Gorbachev era naval arms control issues received renewed attention. The Soviet Union increased its demands to widen arms control negotiations to include the maritime area. This in turn initiated a new debate about the opportunities for and problems of naval arms control measures.

As a contribution to this debate, SIPRI has explored naval arms control issues in and for Europe. Departing from the usual approach of analysing the subject in global terms or from a superpower perspective, this book examines naval arms control from a European viewpoint. The following questions serve as guidelines: What role might naval arms control have in the interests and perceptions of European states? What opportunities for and obstacles to naval arms control exist in Europe? Which security problems might be solved and which created by naval arms control measures? In Europe and Naval Arms Control in the Gorbachev Era these questions are addressed by experts from the European coastal states in the Norwegian, Baltic, and Mediterranean seas, as well as from the former Soviet Union and the United States. By examining contrasting naval interests and attitudes towards naval arms control the differing perceptions, desires, and possibilities for each region and country are made evident.

Contents

Part I. Introduction

1. Europe and naval arms control in the Gorbachev era

Steven E. Miller

 

Part II. The Norwegian Sea

2. Naval arms control and the Norwegian Sea: A US perspective

William J. Durch

Appendix 2A. Major NATO North Atlantic naval exercises, 1970-88

3. The Soviet Union, Naval Arms control and the Norwegian Sea

Alexei Arbatov

Appendix 3A. Overview of Soviet naval arms control proposals in the Gorbachev era

4. Naval arms control in the Norwegian Sea

Ian Anthony

5. Iceland, naval arms control and the Norwegian Sea

Albert Jónsson

6. Norway and naval arms control: Interests, policies and perspectives

John Kristen Skogan

 

Part III. The Baltic region

7. Naval arms control in the Baltic Sea: A Soviet perspective

Vladimir Kulagin

8. Naval arms control in the Baltic region: A German perspective

Volker Heise

9. Strategic developments and the impact of naval arms control in the Baltic region

Johan Tunberger and Robert Dalsjö

 

Part IV. The Mediterranean region

10. Naval arms control in the Mediterranean: A Soviet perspective

Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova

Appendix 10A. The NATO-WTO naval balance in the Mediterranean Sea 1989

11. The United States and naval arms control in the Mediterranean

James L. Lacy

12. Naval arms control in the western Mediterranean: A Spanish perspective

Rafael L. Bardaji

13. Prospects for naval arms control in the eastern Mediterranean

Athanassios G. Platias

Appendix 13A. Guidelines for the prevention of accidents and incidents on the high seas and in international airspace, Istanbul, 8 September 1988

Appendix 13B. Memorandum of understanding on confidence-building measures, Athens May 1988

14. Italy, the Mediterranean and naval arms control

Marco Carnovale

15. Maritime power and naval arms control in the Mediterranean: implications in the Middle East context

Shai Feldman

16. Naval arms control in the southern Mediterranean: An Arab perspective

Abdel Monem Said Aly and Mohamed Kadry

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