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This book, first published in 1985, examines the Cold War risks of superpower confrontations, mainly in the Third World, resulting in war in Europe. European security is usually analysed in the context of East-West relations in Europe, where though tensions often ran high, actual war seemed remote. The risks of war were much greater in other parts of the world, where the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other using proxies. This book analyses these proxy confrontations, and the risks that they posed to the security of Europe.

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Economic coercion and foreign policy / Miroslav Nincic and Peter Wallensteen -- On the effects of international economic sanctions: with examples from the case of Rhodesia / Johan Galtung -- Strategies for evading economic sanctions / Jerrold D. Green -- Economic sanctions: ten modern cases and three important lessons / Peter Wallensteen -- Using food power: opportunities, appearances, and damage control / Robert L. Paarlberg -- The vulnerability of modern nations: economic diplomacy in East-West relations / David A. Deese -- The politics of international sanctions: a case study of South Africa / David F. Gordon -- Ideology and the concept of economic security / David J. Sylvan.

Positive inducements as a strategy for dealing with regimes that challenge core norms of international behavior and the national interests of the United States ("renegade regimes") contain both promises and pitfalls. Such inducements, which include policy concessions and economic favors, can serve two main purposes: (1) arranging a beneficial quid pro quo with the other side, and (2) catalyzing, via positive engagement, a restructuring of interests and preferences within the other side's politico-economic system (such that quid pro quos become less and less necessary). The conditions for progress toward either purpose can vary, as can the requirements for sufficient and credible concessions on both sides and the obstacles in the way of such concessions. For renegade regimes, a primary consideration involves the domestic purposes that internationally objectionable behavior can serve. An examination of the cases of North Korea, Iran, and Libya finds that negative pressures have been relatively ineffective, suggesting that more attention should be given to the potential for positive inducements to produce better outcomes.