02155cam a2200373 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024020001500065027001900080035002000099037001100119040001900130043001200149050002200161100003600183245010300219264003700322300002600359336002600385337002600411337002800437338003600465338002700501500002000528504004100548520091700589530005801506588004701564650003401611651003401645710002201679710002101701856005901722rnd000000000047457RAND920212s1986    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a0833007025  aRAND/R-3366-FF  a(Sirsi) a188598  c$20.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  ae------ 4aUA646b.B658 19861 aBrown, Nanette,d1958-eauthor.14aThe Strategic Defense Initiative and European security :ba conference report /cNanette C. Brown. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1986.  axi, 33 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"January 1986."  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aThis report summarizes the presentations and discussions of a conference on the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative and European Security held in March 1985. The conference participants were government officials and defense analysts from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, and the United States. The conferees overwhelmingly supported research on the Strategic Defense Initiative as a hedge against Soviet ballistic missile defense programs. However, support for development or deployment hinged in part on whether Soviet actions were seen as being linked to U.S. actions. These views, along with the assumption that the Soviet Union would field defenses if the United States did, reflected differences in concern about the implications of strategic defenses for (1) deterrence in general, (2) NATO strategy and deterrence in Europe, (3) arms control, and (4) European technological interests.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aStrategic Defense Initiative. 0aEuropexDefensesvCongresses.2 aRand Corporation.2 aFord Foundation.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3366/