TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATION: THE 1958 EXPERTS' CONFERENCE

Abstract

The method by which the final report of the Experts' Conference was achieved -- the delegation of circumscribed problems to select committees -- supports the idea that a deliberately negotiatory approach would be useful in technical as it obviously is in political talks. Postwar technical conferences on arms control between the Communist and Western powers were not purely scientific meetings. The comparison of data did not alway lead to similar conclusions by the scientists of the two sides. The presentation of available facts in a technical forum led to conclusions influenced by political imperatives. Since decisions taken in political negotiations must be based on policy considerations much broader than purely scientific ones, it might help to integrate the technical and political aspects, and to consider the quest for formal arms control agreements as an essentially political or negotiatory activity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0286795

Entities

People

  • Ciro E. Zoppo

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Political Negotiations
  • Scientists
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design