Striving for Military Stability in Europe

This study shows that arms control agreements reflect rather than affect relations between the parties. The study focuses on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty between NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO) in 1990.

Jane M. O. Sharp is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies in the International Policy Institute, Kings College London. She was formerly Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and from 1998–2003 served as the British representative on the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.