The Stockholm Talks: Opportunities for the West

Publication Date: January 1983

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): W. Bruce Weinrod

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Russia and Eurasia

Type: Report

Abstract:

A well-thought out and executed U.S. policy at CDE could achieve the following: (1) agreement to a small number of CSBMs that could marginally enhance Western security; (2) the preservation of alliance unity on security issues; (3) the maintenance of continued pressure on the Soviets on the human rights issue; (4) the encouragement of even modest political independence by the East Europeans; and (5) the blunting of Soviet propaganda initiatives and efforts at declaratory CSBMs with clear presentations of the Soviet military buildup and its impact upon the East-West balance along with the offering of imaginative counter-propaganda where appropriate.