What to do about Soviet arms control violations

What to do about Soviet arms control violations

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What to do about Soviet arms control violations

dc.contributor	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service	en_US
dc.contributor	South Carolina Educational Television Network	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Russia	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Former Soviet Union	en_US
dc.creator	Michael Krepon (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Frank J. Gaffney (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic) (Moderator)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-20T22:50:31Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-20T22:50:31Z
dc.date.created	1986	en_US
dc.date.issued	1986
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552706
dc.description	From the Geneva Convention banning chemical weapons up through the SALT treaties, the idea of controlling the world’s armaments to prevent war was popular throughout the twentieth century. Over the course of the cold war, U.S. and Soviet efforts to limit the size of the superpowers’ respective arsenals resulted in a number of treaties. Nearly three decades of negotiations gave rise to such agreements as the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the ABM Treaty, and the SALT I and II agreements. Yet despite the well-intentioned nature of arms talks, the implementation of these agreements left a troublesome legacy. Mounting evidence of Soviet violations and problems of verification threatened to derail further proposals. Even as President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev continued with negotiations, President Reagan reported to Congress that the Soviets were cheating on existing agreements, raising security concerns and casting a shadow over the entire arms control process. In the face of charges of serious Soviet arms control violations, should the U.S. cut off further negotiations until the Soviets are in compliance with existing treaties? Host Peter Krogh sits down with Michael Krepon of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Frank Gaffney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy, to discuss charges of violations and the future of U.S.-Soviet arms control.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Examines alleged violations and the problems of verification in U.S.-Soviet arms control talks.	en_US
dc.format.extent	28 min.	en_US
dc.format.medium	MPG4 H.264	en_US
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.relation	Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archive	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://mediapilot.georgetown.edu:443/sharestream2gui/getMedia.do?action=streamMedia&mediaPath=0d2117cd26dd24d001271bc8a9740152&cid=0d21b62018c663370119bf04f6be0a8b
dc.source	American Interests	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Arms control	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Nuclear disarmament	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States	en_US
dc.subject.other	Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements	en_US
dc.title	What to do about Soviet arms control violations	en_US
dc.coverage	Cold War	en_US
dc.coverage	Defense and National Security	en_US
dc.coverage	International Diplomacy	en_US