Abstract
The meeting between James Baker and Eduard Shevardnadze at Wyoming in September 1989 cleared some major roadblocks to a Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) treaty. The Soviets dropped their insistence on linking the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) with a START treaty and their demand that the pact include limits on Submarine-launched Cruise Missiles (SLCMs); the Soviets also agreed to dismantle their Krasnoyarsk radar facility; and the United States gave up the linkage of banning the deployment of mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) with a START treaty. Proceeding from their political and economic interests, the Soviets hope to reach a START agreement as early as possible while the United States also hopes to do so to support Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms. Thus it is likely that the two countries will reach a START agreement soon. Undoubtedly this treaty would have a certain political significance and would be conducive to the relaxation of international tension. On the other hand, it is also necessary to evaluate the START treaty from the viewpoint of those with nuclear disarmament objectives.KeywordsNuclear WeaponPolitical SignificanceBallistic MissileNuclear DisarmamentCrisis StabilityThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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