US-USSR strategic arms control agreements: Expectations and reality
Titel:
US-USSR strategic arms control agreements: Expectations and reality
Auteur:
Lee, William T.
Verschenen in:
Comparative strategy
Paginering:
Jaargang 12 (1993) nr. 4 pagina's 415-436
Jaar:
1993-10
Inhoud:
More than three decades have passed since the United States and the USSR opened negotiations to limit strategic arms. The process has produced an Interim Agreement and six treaties: ABM, SALT II, INF, CFE, START I, and START II. At first glance, this appears to be an arms control triumph. A closer look, however, finds a near total disconnect between expectations and realities throughout the U.S.-USSR strategic arms control process, As demonstrated in this article, factors external to the arms control process resulted in real progress in arms reduction. These factors include: Soviet fears of U.S./NATO military advantages; the Soviet decision to raise their military burden in a vain attempt to satisfy the demands of nuclear war fighting objectives; the economic and political consequences of that perennial disaster known as socialized agriculture; and the political “dry rot” of the entire Soviet empire.
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