Nuclear disengagement in Europe

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Abstract

In the early 1980s there had been an upsurge of public concern over the nuclear threat to Europe. Already saturated with nuclear weapons, Europe faced controversial new deployments and there was alarm over military strategies for nuclear war in the region. It is in this context that the idea of nuclear weapon-free zones had captured the popular imagination and became a political issue in Europe. Not only would such zones build confidence and raise the nuclear threshold, but they would be first steps towards a more comprehensive elimination of nuclear weapons. Originally published in 1983 Nuclear Disengagement in Europe probes the question of nuclear weapon-free zones in the region. Pugwash and SIPRI arranged a meeting at which an international team of lawyers, scientists, politicians and military experts gave background information and provided an appraisal of problems regarding the zone initiatives as well as benefits that would accrue. Possible elements in a European zone arrangement were elaborated on and procedures towards the establishment of such a zone were suggested.

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Nuclear Disengagement in Europe

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Lodgaard, Sverre; Thee, Marek; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Stockholm International.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Contents -- Part I Nuclear Disengagement -- Nuclear disengagement -- I. Disengagement in central Europe: objectives -- II. The functions of NWFZs in northern and southern Europe -- III. Characteristics of NWFZs -- IV. The European connection -- V. A Nordic nuclear weapon-free zone: the military context -- VI. Geographical domain -- VII. Transit provisions -- VIII. Deployment limitations in areas adjacent to the zone -- IX. Verification -- X. Prospects and procedures -- Part II Proposals for Nuclear Disengagement in Europe -- Paper 1. Nuclear disengagement efforts 1955-80: politics of status quo or political change? -- I. A Nordic NWFZ and the wider European context -- II. German reunification or status quo? -- III. The Rapacki Plan and the all-European perspective -- IV. NWFZs on the flanks also? -- V. The dynamic concept of Ostpolitik: a new deal in the East-West relationship -- VI. The MFR and the issue of status quo -- VII. The blocking of the process of detente: implications for the question of nuclear disengagement -- VIII. A Nordic NWFZ: an urgent matter -- Paper 2. A central European view on a nuclear weapon-free zone in the North -- I. The idea of nuclear weapon-free zones -- II. Evolution of the debates on an NWFZ in the North -- III. The strategic context -- IV. Pragmatic thinking -- V. Specific interests of the Soviet Union -- VI. Basic principles -- VII. An unfolding process -- Paper 3. European security policy in the 1980s: rethinking Western strategy -- I. From detente to confrontation -- II. The post-detente era -- III. Need for an agonizing reappraisal -- IV. The 'no-first-use' issue -- V. Denuclearization and arms control -- Paper 4. A nuclear weapon-free zone in the Balkans.