02851cam a2200457 i 4500 rnd000000000047566 RAND 920212s1989 cau b 000 0 eng d 88030114 0833009176 RAND/R-3566-USDP (Sirsi) a188743 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- ee----- HF1456.5.E82 Z96 1989 Zycher, Benjamin. author. Foreign policy benefits from subsidization of trade with Eastern Europe / Benjamin Zycher. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1989. xiii, 45 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "February 1989." "National Defense Research Institute"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. This study examines economic policy tools with which the United States or NATO collectively might reduce the prospective political/military reliability of the non-Soviet Warsaw Pact (NSWP). It argues that growing long-term economic relations between the NSWP and the West could have just such an adverse effect on reliability from the Soviet viewpoint. Since a reduction in NSWP reliability is consistent with a strengthening of deterrence, promotion of growing economic ties with Eastern Europe may serve U.S. and NATO interests. This policy would differ from the current "differentiation" policy pursued by the United States in that it would not attempt to shape NSWP behavior through a system of positive and negative incentives. Instead, it would attempt to exacerbate Soviet concerns about NSWP political and military reliability by expanding economic ties between the NSWP and the West in a long-term evolutionary fashion. The author identifies four examples of areas for trade expansion with Eastern Europe: pollution control equipment, nuclear power safety equipment, medical supplies and equipment, and promotion of joint business ventures. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Joint ventures Europe, Eastern. Joint ventures United States. Technology transfer Europe, Eastern. Technology transfer United States. Europe, Eastern Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Europe, Eastern. International Security and Defense Policy Center. Rand Corporation. United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3566/ 598153 598153