Star Wars and European Defence: Implications for Europe: Perception and Assessments

Front Matter....Pages i-li
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
A Global Defence Against Ballistic Missiles....Pages 9-25
Offensive Nuclear Forces, Strategic Defence and Arms Control....Pages 26-49
SDI — A Reaction to or a Hedge Against Soviet BMD Projects: Soviet Military Space Activities and European Security....Pages 50-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
SDI — The British Response....Pages 129-149
French Political Reaction to SDI — The Debate on the Nature of Deterrence....Pages 150-165
The Political Debate in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 166-233
Perceptions and Reactions to SDI in the Benelux Countries....Pages 234-255
SDI — a Topic of Transatlantic Consultation and of Debate in International Parliamentary Bodies....Pages 256-310
EUREKA: a West European Response to the Technological Challenge posed by the SDI Research Programme....Pages 311-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
The Implications of BMD for Britain’s Nuclear Deterrent....Pages 331-340
The Implications of SDI for French Defence Policy....Pages 341-351
The Geostrategic Risks of SDI....Pages 352-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
The ABM Treaty — its Evolution, Interpretation and Grey Areas, and an Official Attempt at Reinterpretation....Pages 373-435
From SDI to EDI — Elements of a European Defence Architecture....Pages 436-499
Compliance With the ABM Treaty — Questions Related to Soviet Missile Defence Activities and to the United States SDI....Pages 500-536
Closing the Window of Vulnerability....Pages 537-554
Back Matter....Pages 555-599