List of Acronyms vii About the Authors xi Foreword xvii Editor's Preface xxi Introduction / Robert D. Blackwill and F. Stephen Larrabee, USA xxiii I. The General State of European Security Part One / Francoise Heisbourg ,France 1 Part Two / Janusz Symonides, Poland 22 II. The Military Balance in Europe Part One / Richard L. Kugler, USA 44 Part Two / Alexei G. Arbatov, Nikolai Kishilov, and Oleg Amirov, USSR 66 III. The Political Objectives of Conventional Arms Control Part One / Ian Cuthbertson, UK 90 Part Two / Laszlo Labody, Hungary 116 IV. The Military Objectives of Conventional Arms Control Part One / K. Peter Stratmann, FRG 140 Part Two / Alexander A. Konovalov, USSR 164 V. NATO/WTO Military Doctrine Part One / Peer H. Lange, FRG 186 Part Two / Andrei A. Kokoshin, USSR 212 VI. Conventional Arms Reduction Approaches Part One / David A. Ochmanek and Edward L. Warner III, USA 231 Part Two / Alexei G. Arbatov, USSR 258 VII. Verifying Conventional Force Reduction and Limitations Part One / Jonathan Dean, USA 280 Part Two / Andrzej Karkoszka, Poland 307 VIII. Confidence- and Security-Building Measures Part One / Timothy E. Wirth, USA 342 Part Two / Adam-Daniel Rotfeld, Poland 359 IX. Constraints Part One / Richard E. Darilek and John K. Setear, USA 379 Part Two / Manfred Mueller, GDR 405 X. Nuclear Weapons and Conventional Arms Control Part One / Arnold Kanter, USA 422 Part Two / Alexei A. Vasliev, USSR 442 Conclusion: What Next for Conventional Forces in Europe? / Robert D. Blackwill and F. Stephen Larrabee, USA 462 Index 473