Mutual Security and Arms Reductions in Europe: A Joint Soviet-American SimulationExercise

摘要

Current negotiations on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) use the principlethat numerical parity should be sought in several major weapons categories. However, this may not guarantee stability in Europe. This project, scheduled to be completed in late 1991, tests ways to guarantee that stability by analyzing a method to reduce conventional arms in Europe following CFE I. The method used is an approach based upon the metaphor of the child's game of 'I cut, you choose.' This paper provides an historical record of the project to date, provides the necessary background information to play the game, and projects, over the next 20 years, the strategic environment in which the arms reductions will take place. Keywords: Conventional forces, Arms control, Mutual security, Conventional arms reduction.