Rethinking confidence-building measures : obstacles to agreement and the risks of overselling the process / Marie-France Desjardins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desjardins, Marie-France, 1959-

Contributor:

International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Series:

Adelphi papers ; no. 307.

Adelphi papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control.

Security, International.

Confidence and security building measures (International relations).

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

71 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, [1996]

Summary:

Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) - often seen as the fastest growing sector on the post-Cold War diplomatic agenda - are increasingly viewed by the international community as useful instruments for addressing a range of security and diplomatic issues. Rethinking Confidence-Building Measures warns against an uncritical pursuit of CBMs, arguing that the idea has been oversold. The author asserts that obstacles to meaningful agreements are much more important than usually acknowledged, and the political and military ramifications have been generally ignored. She concludes that the same effort, painstaking negotiation, and possibilities for failure are inherent in CBMs as in the wide array of other potential solutions for managing interstate security relations, but with far fewer substantial results.

Contents:

I. In search of a theory : developing the concept

II. Negotiability versus negotiations

III. Implementation and application.

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198293216

OCLC:

36421024