268 Pages
    by Routledge

    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    The basic idea of common security is not complex. It is that no country can obtain security, in the long run, simply by taking unilateral decisions about its own military forces. This is because security depends also on the actions and reactions of potential adversaries. Security has to be found in common with those adversaries. These ideas were considered in a SIPRI conference held in 1983. The conference had two main objectives. The first was to undertake a critical examination of the concept. The second was to consider the implications of the idea for policy in general, and for disarmament and arms control policy in particular. Originally published in 1985, this book contains revised versions of some of the papers presented at the conference.

    Preface.  Introduction R. Väyrynen  Part 1: Conceptual and Political Underpinnings of Common Security  1. Common Insecurity S. Bok  2. Observations on the Principle of Common Security E. Bahr  3. The Concept of Common Security M. Kaldor  4. Thoughts on the Concept of Common Security S. Hoffman  5. The Soviet Concept of Security V.V. Zagladin  6. Common Security and the Third World L. Mojsov  Part 2: Deterrence and Common Security: Alternative Perspectives  7. Common Security and Deterrence E. Rothschild  8. The Death of Deterrence A. Krass  9. Common Security and the Limitation of War T. C. Schelling  10. Unilateral Actions as Confidence-Building Measures J.B. Wiesner  11. Atlantism, Pacifism and Common Security in Europe J.-P. Cot  Part 3: Disengagement, Alternative Defence and Common Security in Europe  12. Policies of Common Security in Europe S. Lodgaard  13. The Détente Process and Common Security M. Saeter  14. Common Security and Defensive Security A. Mertes  15. Confidence Building and Nuclear Weapons in Europe J.J. Holst  16. On the Issue of a Chemical Weapon-Free Zone Kh. LohsAddress by Dr Bruno Kreisky.  Part 4: Reports of the Working Groups of the SIPRI International Conference on Common Security, September 1983  Report on the Discussions in Working Group I: The Concept of Common Security M. Hellström and E. Rothschild.  Report on the Discussions in Working Group II: The USA–USSR Relationship and Common Security J.J. Holst.  Report on the Discussions in Working Group III: Europe and Common Security A. Ferm and S. Lodgaard.  Report on the Discussions in Working Group IV: Common Security and the Third World K. Dadzie.  List of Participants at the SIPRI International Conference on Common Security, September 1983.  Index.

    Biography

    Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)