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New Dimensions of the International Security System after the Cold War
April 1996
Executive SummaryThis paper considers the emerging structure of the international security system after the end of the Cold War.
Alchemy for a New World Order: Overselling Preventive Diplomacy
May 1995
The tasks of preventive diplomacy and conflict prevention are neither self-evident nor value-neutral, as some of their proponents seem to believe.
Report of the third Russian-American Entrepreneurial Workshop on Defense Technology Conversion held at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
January 1995
This report comprises a description, summary, and analysis of an entrepreneurial training workshop for Russian nuclear scientists held at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), May 9-20...
Nationalism, Regionalism and Federalism: Dilemmas of State-Building in Post-Communist Russia
December 1994
In this book, distinguished U.S. and Russian scholars analyze the great challenges confronting post-Communist Russia and examine the Yeltsin government's attempts to deal with them.
Privatization, Conversion, and Enterprise Reform in Russia
May 1994
The papers in this volume are revised versions of presentations made by the authors at a conference on economic reform in Russia, which was held at Stanford University on November 22 and 23, 1993....
Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Regional Conflict, The
April 1994
With the ending of the Cold War, regional conflicts have come increasingly to the fore. U.S. foreign policy goals in such areas continue to involve a mix of U.S.
From Union to Commonwealth: Nationalism and Separatism in the Soviet Republics
December 1992
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 and the emergence of 15 independent states on its territory mark the end not only of the Soviet system itself but also of a centuries-long...
Soviet Defense Conversion - Problems and Opportunities
September 1991
In August 1991, the people of Moscow and Leningrad demonstrated to the world that democracy is an idea whose time had come for the Soviet Union.
Do We Need Arms Control If Peace Breaks Out?
September 1990
The world is facing truly breathtaking changes, in particular from the socialist countries.
Defense Resource Allocation in the 1990s: A Rational Approach
July 1990
This paper addresses the steps that the United States should take to insure the continuation of its position of influence and involvement in world commerce and geopolitics in light of the...
Defense Investment: A Strategy for the 1990s
December 1989
The national security strategy of the United States since World War II has changed frequently during the course of eight administrations and two wars.
Japanese Defense Technology and the FS-X Controversy
July 1988
It is the American view that Japan has been totally dependent on the United States for its national security, and that this favorable condition has enabled the Japanese to dedicate themselves fully...
Banning Poison Gas and Germ Warfare: Should the United States Agree?
December 1969
This article will consider whether the principles of the Geneva Protocol have become so widely accepted that they apply to the United States even though it is not a party.