Quantitative Assessment in Arms Control : Mathematical Modeling and Simulation in the Analysis of Arms Control Problems

I State and Problems of Arms Control Today -- Arms Control and European Security: An Overview of START, INF, MBFR and CSCE/CDE -- German Views on Armaments Control Issues and Negotiation Approaches -- Strategic Arms Control and Military Security of Western Europe -- MBFR: Problems and Lessons -- Aspects of the MBFR Negotiations -- II Mathematical Models of Arms Build-Up and Quantitative Force Balance Assessment -- A Review of Richardson Models -- Empirical Validation of Richardson Models of Arms Races -- Analysis for Force Balance Assessment -- Arms Control and Quantitative Measures of the Strategic Balance -- Lessons and Problems of SALT; Perspective of START -- The Analytic Hierarchy Process: Decision-Making in Complex Environments -- Impact of Disarmament Nuclear Package Reductions -- III Legal Aspects, Verification, Negotiations -- Legal Aspects of Arms Control and Disarmament -- Proposals and Technology for Arms Control Verification — A Survey -- Verification of MBFR-Agreements — A System Analysis -- Soviet Violations of Existing Arms Control Treaties May Make Future Treaties Ineffective -- Information Management in Arms Control Negotiations -- About the Authors.