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International Security Negotiations: Lessons Learned from Negotiating with the Russians on Nuclear Arms (London Security Policy Study)
International Security Negotiations Lessons Learned from Negotiating with the Russians on Nuclear Arms - London Security Policy Study Author:Michael O. Wheeler This paper examines arms control and non-proliferation negotiations during and after the Cold War. Why did the United States enter into nuclear arms control negotiations? What did the US government expect to achieve? How did the negotiations evolve over time? How were they related? What made for a successful negotiation and, indeed, what were th... more »e criteria of success? The arms control topics that will be analyzed most extensively include The Baruch Plan; Nuclear testing (LTBT, TTBT, PNET, CTBT); The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT); and Strategic and theater nuclear arms (SALT, ABMT, START, INF, SORT). The point of the discussion is not analysis for analysis' sake but to search for lessons that might be of value to American policy today and in the future.« less