Of discussions / William F. Gutteridge -- The pursuit of security in the nuclear age / Robert W. Malcolmson -- Unstable peace: nuclear deterrence / Hylke Tromp -- The case against negotiations and for a reconsideration of strategy / Robert Neild -- Simulation of the short-term effects of a " limited " nuclear war in Europe / Andrea Ottolenghi -- Conventional war in the postwar international system / Catherine M. Kelleher -- Belief systems and arms control possibilities / Jane M.O. Sharp -- Technical means of verification of arms control agreements / Kosta Tsipsis -- Rendering nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete: the origins of a pipedream / David Carlton -- SDI and the NATO allies / Robert d'A. Henderson -- The technical feasibility of strategic defence / Dietrich Schroeer -- Directed-energy weapons, strategic defence and arms control / Dietrich Schroeer -- Nuclear weapons and coercive diplomacy: their impact on the developing world / K. Subrahmanyam -- The concept of nuclear-weapon-free zones / Olga S̆uković -- Brazil and disarmament / Ernst W. Hamburger -- China's defence policy / Shu Yuan H. Chang -- Understanding China's nuclear disarmament policy / Qian Xuefeng -- The debate on alternative defence policies in Italy / Paolo Farinella and Maria Clelia Spreafico.