Arms Control in the Middle East – Cooperative Security Dialogue, and Regional Constraints

This is the story of a regional process in the making-from the very concept of arms control as applied to the Middle East region, through the innovative regional forum and format for discussion that was devised for the talks, to the dynamics of the talks and the question of Egypt's position within this novel regional setting. As a result, what seemed at the outset to be a most likely unpromising forum became the setting of unprecedented regional dynamics. Arms Control in the Middle East documents the Middle East arms control process from 1992 to 1995, in the context of the Arab-Israeli peace process. The book reveals the regional dynamics in terms of strategic gain, the meaning of power, and defining security threats. It also provides hitherto unavailable details of the Arms Control Regional Security (ACRS) working group.