Setting their study in a broad international context, the authors present their account of the negotiations under the following thematic headings: the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations; the Commission for Conventional Armaments; the Disarmament Commission; talks on the Arctic and the de-nuclearization of Central Europe during the late 1950s and the early 1960s; the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament; the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament; the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; the negotiations on chemical and biological weapons, banning nuclear tests, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space; mutual and balanced force reductions; the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and the Stockholm negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament in Europe. The authors refer to the major bilateral talks between the United States and the former Soviet Union wherever these negotiations have a bearing on the issues in which Canada was involved.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Tables and Figures 12
- Foreword 14
- Preface 18
- Acknowledgments 22
- Acronyms 24
- 1 The Bees and the Ants 34
- Good and Bad Marriages: Policy and Strategy 36
- The Bees and the Ants 38
- Psychological Make-Up and Strategies of Negotiation 40
- Policy Coordination between the Bees and the Ants 45
- The Lazy Ant 48
- The Absent-Minded Bee 50
- The Centralizing Bee 54
- The Ant Goes to War 65
- 2 Canada Caught in the Squall, 1945–1952 72
- The Major Transformations 72
- Controlling the Atom 75
- The Atomic Energy Commission 77
- Control of Armed Forces and Weapons Reductions 78
- The Commission for Conventional Armaments 81
- Canadian Diplomatic Actions 84
- Foundations 84
- Canada and the Atomic Energy Commission 88
- Canada and the Commission for Conventional Armaments 96
- Atoms for War or for Peace? 108
- 3 The Pilgrim's Staff and the Blind Man's Cane 117
- The Disarmament Commission and Its Subcommittee 119
- Canada and the Disarmament Commission 122
- Canada's Overall Position 122
- Canadian Reaction to the Tripartite Proposal 125
- The Canadian Proposal for a New Approach 129
- The French Compromise Formula of 24 June 1952 133
- Canada and the Subcommittee of Five 136
- The Question of Canada's Participation in the Subcommittee 137
- Canada and the Proposals Discussed in 1954 and 1955 158
- The "Open Skies" Proposal and the Canadian Arctic 152
- Canada and the Proposals Discussed in 1956 and 1957 158
- 4 Things Told and Things Untold 181
- "Open Skies" over the Canadian Arctic 183
- The Rapacki Plan 189
- The Burns Plan 192
- 5 The Catechesis of Perseverance: Canada and the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament 201
- The Preliminary Talks 204
- Dynamics of the Negotiations 206
- The Canadian Position 209
- Areas of Canadian Diplomatic Intervention 209
- 6 The Nuclear Threat: From Dread to Denial 226
- Origin and Evolution of the Eighteen-Nation Committee 228
- Continuity of Canadian Policy (1962–1969) 232
- Areas of Canadian Intervention in the Eighteen-Nation Committee 240
- General and Complete Disarmament 242
- Partial Measures of Disarmament 250
- 7 Canada and the Non-Proliferation Treaty 260
- Growing Civil and Military Importance of the Atom 264
- Brief History of Negotiations 268
- Evolution of International Nuclear Safeguards 278
- Canada and Nuclear Non-Proliferation 282
- Canada, the MLF and Non-Proliferation 282
- Canada's Input to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 290
- Canadian Application of Nuclear Safeguards 298
- The Three Review Conferences on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 307
- 8 Canada's Position on Chemical and Biological Weapons 312
- General Considerations 313
- Legal Considerations 313
- Military Considerations 316
- Canadian Experience in Chemical Weapons 319
- The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention 321
- Canada's Position from 1966 to 1972 326
- The Chemical Weapons Convention 333
- Negotiations on Chemical Weapons 334
- Canadian Policy on Chemical Weapons 337
- 9 A Comprehensive Test Ban: In Search of the Grail 345
- General Considerations 345
- Ionizing Radiation 346
- Nuclear Tests and the Arms Race 352
- Seismic Detection 361
- International Efforts in Seismic Detection 365
- Negotiations Leading to the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 368
- Historical Review of Negotiations 368
- Canada's Position between 1956 and 1963 371
- The Elusive CTB Treaty 382
- Overview of Negotiations 382
- Canada's Position between 1963 and 1978 386
- Unwavering Canadian Support (1978–1988) 402
- 10 Canada and Outer Space 406
- Space Law 407
- Space Law and Arms Control 415
- Arms Control and Space 420
- Overview of Negotiations 420
- Negotiations on ASAT (1978–1985) 423
- The NST and the ABM Treaty 427
- The ASAT-ABM Linkage 435
- The Canadian Position 437
- Canada and ASAT Weapons 438
- Canada, SDI and the ABM Treaty 442
- Canada and Verification from Space 448
- 11 Of Turtles and Tanks: Canada and the MBFR Negotiations 453
- MBFR Origins and Canada 455
- The Beginnings of the MBFR 455
- MBFR Origins in the West 457
- Warsaw Pact Reactions 460
- The Final Stages 462
- Canada's Position During the Preparatory Phase of Negotiations (1966–1973) 463
- The Vienna Marathon: MBFR Proposals 1973–1986 469
- Framework of the Negotiations 469
- Initial Positions 471
- The Long March (1974–1979) 476
- Demise of the Negotiations 480
- Analysis of Negotiations: The MBFR and Canada's Role 485
- Canada's Role in the Vienna Negotiations 493
- 12 A Matter of Confidence: Canada and the Military Aspects of the CSCE 497
- Finding the Key in Helsinki 503
- Origins of the Notion of CBMS: An Idea in Search of a Theory 503
- The Development of CBMS following the Harmel Report (1968–1971) 506
- The Emergence of CBMS in the CSCE (1971–1972) 509
- The Multilateral Preparatory Talks at Dipoli (November 1972–June 1973) 511
- From Helsinki to Helsinki: Negotiations on CBMS (1973–1975) 513
- The Final Act of Helsinki: Assessment from a CBM Standpoint 519
- Hopes Fade in Belgrade 523
- A New Bid in Madrid 528
- The French Initiative for a Conference on Disarmament in Europe (1977–1979) 529
- The Work of the Atlantic Alliance in Preparation for the Madrid Negotiations (1979–1980) 534
- The Madrid Conference and the CDE Mandate 539
- Appendix I: The 25 CBMS Studied by NATO 553
- Appendix II: Package of Western CBMS in Summer 1980 554
- Appendix III: Package of Measures for a CDE Mandate 555
- 13 From the Megaphone to the Boudoir: Canada and the Stockholm Conference (1983–1986) 556
- Prelude to Stockholm: The Positions of the Participants during the Summer and Fall of 1983 559
- The Plenary Phase: January to December 1984 565
- Exchange of Proposals 565
- The Nature of the Problem 571
- The Working Group Phase: January to December 1985 574
- Information Measures 575
- Calendars 575
- Notification Measures 576
- Observation Measures 577
- Execution and Verification 577
- Development of Means of Communication 578
- The Drafting Phase: January to September 1986 582
- The Stockholm Accord: A Summary 589
- Conclusion 595
- Appendix A: Primary Sources 608
- Appendix B: Main Topics Discussed by the Canadian Representatives before the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee, the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, the Committee on Disarmament and the Conference on Disarmament 611
- Appendix C: Texts and Documents submitted by Canada before the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee, the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, the Committee on Disarmament and the Conference on Disarmament 620
- Notes 624
- Bibliography 660
- Index 668
- A 669
- B 670
- C 671
- D 674
- E 676
- F 677
- G 677
- H 678
- I 679
- J 680
- K 680
- L 681
- M 681
- N 683
- O 686
- P 687
- Q 687
- R 687
- S 688
- T 690
- U 690
- V 692
- W 693
- Y 694
- Z 694