A Strategic Planning Framework for Predicting and Evaluating Soviet Interests in Arms Control. Volume 2: The Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1981- 1983

Abstract

This report takes the framework developed in Volume I regarding levels of Soviet interest in arms control, the four factors conditioning that level of interest, and applies them to a specific case study: the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) between 1982 and 1983. It concludes that none of the four variables necessary for Soviet interest in signing an agreement were present, and therefore provides a conceptual understanding for Soviet policy toward strategic arms control in the era immediately preceding the emergence of SDI and strategic defenses as a major factor in Soviet calculations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA213716

Entities

People

  • Kerry M. Kartchner

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Foreign Relations
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design