First published in 1997, this volume builds its discussion on a technological base along with policy implications, and constitutes a review of the current situation in international security created by the Cold War, and how the end of the Cold War is likely to change the situation. As the close of the Cold War created a multitude of changes in international security, resulting in a broad range of topics tackled in this collection. It features specialists in military technology, physics, political science, public and international affairs.
1. The Future of High Technology in Military Affairs. Dietrich Schroeer.
2. The Impact of the Military-Industrial Complex on Society. Gert G. Harigel.
3. Problems of Reconversion from the Military to the Civilian Sector. Georgi
Arbatov.
4. US-Russian Cooperation on Fissile Material Security and
Disposition. Frank von Hippel and Oleg Bukharin.
5. Unintentional Nuclear
Fire after the Cold War and Arms Control. Ciro E. Zoppo.
6. Nuclear
Disarmament: the View from Russia. Anatoli S. Diakov.
7. Implications of the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban for Nuclear Modernization and Proliferation.
Eric Arnett.
8. A Nuclear Weapon-free World: Is it Desirable? Is it Possible?
Is it Probable? Francesco Calogero.
9. Post-Cold War Weapons Reduction: The
Role of NATO. Lamberto Zannier.
10. The New Verification Game and
Technologies at our Disposal. Patricia Lewis.
11. The Open Skies Treaty: A
Cooperative Approach to Confidence Building and Verification. Hartwig
Spitzer.
12. Russias Nuclear Policy after the USSR. Ioury E. Federov.
13.
Implications of the Cold War Military Legacy in Northern Europe. Arto
Nokkala.
14. The New World Order and the Tempo of Militant Islam. Hilal
Khashan.
Schroeer, Dietrich; Pascolini, Alessandro