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Political, diplomatic, technological, and strategic issues; 6 articles. Partial contents: Ethics and public policy: the case of SDI, by Caspar W. Weinberger; French and European security in a defense-oriented environment: an interview with General Pierre Gallois.

This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative ranges across politics, economics, strategic studies and international relations, and provides the latest research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence. It discusses the wider contexts of 'Star Wars', such as alliance management, marketing, and domestic politics, and its military spin-offs, especially for anti-satellite (ASAT) and 'space control' programmes. The author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race by using SDI as a case study, and draws evidence from sources such as congressional hearings, interviews, the trade press, restricted briefing papers, and documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. The book follows the fortunes of strategic defence into the changed global conditions of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Gulf War, and President Bush's announcement of a refocused SDI, the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS)

Der Beitrag beginnt mit einer Darstellung des Umfangs der Forschungsarbeiten zur "Strategic Defense Initiative" (SDI), die als das größte Rüstungsforschungsvorhaben der Geschichte eingeordnet wird. Es folgt eine Skizze der militärischen Forschung in den USA, in deren Kontext es das Ziel der SDI ist, den wachsenden innenpolitischen Widerstand gegen die militaristische Haushaltspolitik der Reagierung Reagen zu überwinden. Die mit der SDI eingeleitete Wende in der Forschungspolitik ist Gegenstand des dritten Abschnitts. Anschließend werden die Begründungen der neuen forschungspolitischen Strategie skizziert. Die forschungsstrategischen Konsequenzen werden im folgenden dargestellt: (1) Bedeutungszuwachs der Hochtechnologiepolitik; (2) Aufwertung der zivilindustriellen Funktion der militärischen Forschung; (3) Stärkung der militärischen Grundlagenforschung; (4) wachsende Einflußnahme auf die Hochschulen; (5) Ausbau und militärische Kontrolle der zivilen Forschung; (6) Revision der Forschungsprioritäten; (7) Verschärfung der ökonomischen Kriegsführung; (8) Abbau gesellschaftlich nützlicher Forschung. Die Konsequenzen von SDI für die BRD werden abschließend untersucht. (RW)

This book covers the Reagan administration's original proposal; the main disagreements about strategic and technical feasibility; the effects of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) on relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; and the effects of SDI on relations between the U.S. and its allies.

The study assesses regional and local security implications for South Korea if it were to participate in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of the USA. What are the anticipated action-reaction mechanisms between the two super-powers over the SDI issues likely to mean for the future of regional stability in Northeast Asia? What are the prospects for Korean peace and security, particularly if South Korea and Japan simultaneously participate in the SDI programme? These questions are particularly addressed in this paper. European, Asian and South Korean views of the SDI. (DÜI-Sen)