BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
DEDICATION......Page 7
FOREWORD......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 12
1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHANGING ELEMENTS OF EUROPEAN SECURITY......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
Dialectics of Alliance Tension: NATO Politics and Doctrine......Page 22
Force Employment Options and Nuclear Control......Page 24
No First Use......Page 26
NATO’s Nuclear Force Posture: A Shift for the Better?......Page 28
TNF Survivability: A Principal Concern......Page 30
Protecting Theater Nuclear Assets......Page 32
Offensive Theater Nuclear Force Modernization......Page 34
The Longer Term: Toward a European Deterrent?......Page 36
Conclusions......Page 39
Notes......Page 40
3 SDI’s IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE: STRATEGY, POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 48
I. Technological Feasibility......Page 49
1. U.S. Strategic Concerns......Page 50
2. European Strategic Concerns......Page 53
1. Europe’s Evolving Attitudes......Page 61
2. American Unilateralism Resurgent......Page 63
4. Toward a Coordinate Response......Page 67
IV. Conclusions......Page 69
Notes......Page 71
4 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SECURITY OF WESTERN EUROPE......Page 78
Background......Page 79
Surveillance Systems......Page 82
Stand-off Delivery Systems......Page 83
Airborne Weapons......Page 84
Missiles......Page 85
MLRS......Page 86
Anti-Tank Missiles......Page 87
Program Delays......Page 88
Procurement......Page 89
System Vulnerability......Page 91
Soviet Responses......Page 92
Cost-Effectiveness......Page 93
The Military and Political Context......Page 94
Conclusion......Page 95
Notes......Page 96
Introduction: Building on a Fragile Foundation......Page 98
NATO’s Current Malaise......Page 100
The Implications of Historical Trends......Page 101
The Role of Defense Cooperation......Page 105
Better Division of Labor......Page 107
Developments in Strategy and Technology......Page 108
More Radical Proposals......Page 111
Political Questions......Page 112
Franco-German Defense Cooperation......Page 113
Crisis Stability......Page 115
Soviet Reactions......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 118
Notes......Page 120
6 THE GERMAN SEARCH FOR SECURITY......Page 126
The Evolution of Inner-German Relations......Page 127
Concepts of Ideology and Nation......Page 129
Deutschlandpolitik and West German Domestic Politics......Page 131
The GDR and German Identity......Page 136
Bonn and East Berlin......Page 138
Deutschlandpolitik and Security Issues......Page 140
Conclusion......Page 144
Notes......Page 145
7 REASSURANCE, CONSENSUS, AND CONTROVERSY: THE DOMESTIC DILEMMAS OF EUROPEAN DEFENSE......Page 150
The Reasons for Controversy......Page 151
Reassurance through Conventionalization?......Page 155
Reassurance through Self-Reliance?......Page 158
Reassurance through Arms Control?......Page 161
A More Political Approach......Page 165
Conclusion......Page 168
Notes......Page 170
8 THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARMS CONTROL......Page 176
The Negotiations on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces......Page 177
Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions......Page 184
The Stockholm Conference......Page 191
Prognosis......Page 197
Notes......Page 200
Roots of Discontent......Page 204
Proposals for Reform and Change......Page 207
German Neutrality and Nonalignment......Page 208
Disengagement: Europe Without America......Page 212
Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Free Zones......Page 217
Restructuring of NATO......Page 218
Actions to Promote European Defense Cooperation......Page 221
Conventional Defense......Page 222
Arms Control......Page 223
Out-of-Area Disputes......Page 224
Notes......Page 225
Introduction1......Page 234
A Definition of Economic Security......Page 235
Arab Oil Embargo......Page 236
Urengoi Pipeline and U.S. Economic Sanctions......Page 238
Three Approaches to Economic Security......Page 240
Predominance of Trade in Western Economies......Page 244
Mutuality of Economic Interaction......Page 248
Western Divergence Over Economic Security......Page 251
Notes......Page 252
‘Classical Neutrality’ Versus ‘Non-Alignment’ and ‘Finlandization’......Page 256
The Different Concepts of Neutrality......Page 259
Geostrategic Specifications......Page 264
Foreign Policy Dimension of Neutrality Policy......Page 265
Economic Dimension of Neutrality......Page 270
The National Defense Dimension of Neutrality Policy......Page 276
Conclusions and Prospects......Page 284
Possible Future Alterations of Neutrality......Page 285
Lessons for Europe......Page 286
Notes......Page 288
12 REGIONAL SECURITY AND THE OUT-OF-AREA PROBLEM......Page 294
The Historical Background......Page 295
NATO and the Persian Gulf 1980–1982......Page 300
NATO and Regional Security—The Agenda......Page 306
Notes......Page 312
13 CONCLUSION: MANAGING THE TRANS-ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP......Page 316
Flexible Response and Deterrence......Page 317
The Strategic Defense Initiative......Page 318
East-West Relations......Page 319
Policy Alternatives......Page 321
Nuclear-free Zones......Page 322
Emerging Technologies......Page 323
INF......Page 324
CDE......Page 325
Do not adopt a No first use Policy......Page 326
Improve Battlefield Command and Control......Page 327
Endorse the Thatcher-Reagan Agreement within the NATO Framework......Page 328
Expand French Cooperation with NA TO......Page 329
Establish Regular Consultations Among the Allies on Out-of-area Issues......Page 330
Widen the Domestic Political Debate about the Future of the Alliance......Page 331
Maintain Alliance Cohesion while working for Rapprochement with the Soviet Union......Page 332
Co-editor......Page 334
Contributors......Page 335
INDEX......Page 338
