The Arms Race at a Time of Decision: Annals of Pugwash 1983

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Can We Avoid an Arms Race in Space?....Pages 3-13
Directed Energy Weapons: Technical Overview....Pages 14-18
Outer Space Warfare....Pages 19-24
Security in Space....Pages 25-35
An International Agency for the use of Satellite Observation Data for Security Purposes....Pages 36-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Doctrines and Thinking on Nuclear War (Is There Wisdom Without Experience?)....Pages 47-55
Vulnerability of Strategic Land-Based Weapons....Pages 56-64
Reducing the Probability of a Nuclear War....Pages 65-72
The Possibility of an Accidental Nuclear War....Pages 73-79
Freezes and Deep Reductions; Technical Possibilities, Public Sentiment, Political Will....Pages 80-87
Improving Crisis Control Measures....Pages 88-103
Avoiding Nuclear War; There is Still Hope for Hope....Pages 104-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Negotiations on Nuclear Forces in Europe....Pages 113-125
The Real Problems about Nuclear Forces in Europe....Pages 126-129
Nuclear Disengagement in Europe....Pages 130-139
The Balkan Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone....Pages 140-147
Mutual Force Reduction Negotiations....Pages 148-156
European Security....Pages 157-163
Non-Military Aspects of European Security....Pages 164-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Nuclear Weapons and Local Conflicts....Pages 173-181
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones in the Mediterranean and Middle East....Pages 182-186
Naval Deployments and Stability in the Mediterranean....Pages 187-192
From the Atlantic to the Gulf and the Horn of Africa : the Spectrum of Crisis....Pages 193-201
South-East Asian Security Issues....Pages 202-212
The Latin American Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone....Pages 213-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Economics of the Armaments Race....Pages 225-232
Social Costs of Military Programmes in the North and South....Pages 233-239
Reduction of Military Expenditure as a Disarmament Concept....Pages 240-248
Third World Security : Causes of Conflict....Pages 249-257
Third World Security and Strategic Linkages....Pages 258-262
International Commons: Sharing of International Resources....Pages 263-273
Back Matter....Pages 275-291