nWas détente “oversold” in the Basic Principles Agreement, which
included general principles that committed the US and
Soviet union to avoid nuclear war and outbreaks?
nFor Soviets:
peaceful coexistence means political equality with US
nThe proposal put
forward in 1983 by the American committee on the
east west accord urges the US and the Soviet Union to negotiate “a precise set of ground rules
having to do with specific geography and specific ban on direct or indirect use of
combat forces” was such an agreement
possible?
nNorms of
competition lack institutionalized arrangements.