num_pages: 320
description: "Richard Falkenrath has written a magisterial exegesis -- an essential item in the library of anyone seriously interested in security in the post-Cold War world." --Surviva The legal foundation of the contemporary European security order is the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). Negotiated by NATO and the Warsaw Pact states as the Cold War was ending and implemented as the new Europe took shape, the CFE Treaty imposes strict limits on the armed forces of all the major European states. This book takes a detailed look at the origins and evolution of the CFE negotiations and the impact of the CFE Treaty on European Security. It draws extensively on interviews with participants in the CFE negotiations and offers a careful reconstruction of a process that contributed to the transformation of Cold War Europe, a critical assessment of the treaty's contribution to security in post-Cold War Europe, and an evaluation of the lessons of CFE for future conventional arms control initiatives. CSIA Studies in International Security, No. 6
language: English
title: Shaping Europe's Military Order: The Origins and Consequences of the CFE Treaty
titlecomplete: Shaping Europe's Military Order: The Origins and Consequences of the CFE Treaty (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
ratings_count: 2
series: Belfer Center Studies in International Security
publisher: MIT Press