Zycher, Benjamin. creator author. International Security and Defense Policy Center Rand Corporation United States Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. text bibliography cau 1989 monographic eng

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xiii, 45 pages ; 23 cm 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. Benjamin Zycher. "February 1989." "National Defense Research Institute"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. n-us--- ee----- 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 HF1456.5.E82 Z96 1989 0833009176 88030114 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3566/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3566/ CstmoR 920212 rnd000000000047566