THE SOVIET UNION AND ARMS CONTROL

Abstract

The primary purpose of the paper is to provide a frame of reference in which the subjects of arms control, limited war, and peacekeeping may be related to both current Soviet disarmament policy and to wider questions of the Soviet Union's aims and behavior on the international scene. The Soviet Union at best is moving only slowly and grudgingly toward acceptance of the on-going system of 'normal' competitive striving among national states. The prospects for the future will not greatly improve until the Soviet leadership is more fully persuaded that the time has come to lay down its messianic burdens and get on with the business of satisfying the needs and inner aspirations of the society over which it rules. In that event, the Soviet rulers may come increasingly to perceive that Soviet security and economic well-being can be better served by seeking broader areas of cooperation with the United States, rather than acting upon the assumption that the policies of the Soviet Union and its chief Western adversary are grounded upon an irreconcilable clash of interests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0632225

Entities

People

  • Thomas W. Wolfe

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Central Europe
  • Cold War
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Vietnam War

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies