Cooperation and Discord in U.S.-Soviet Arms Control. (book reviews)

One of the most consuming puzzles in the study of international relations is why we see self-interested nations (in particular, the superpowers during the Cold War) cooperate on some issues. Steve Weber addresses this puzzle by focussing on U.S.-Soviet arms control, and asking "[w]hy have the United States and Soviet Union achieved cooperative agreements with the goal of enhancing their mutual security in certain arms control issues, but not others?" (p.

3) In particular, he examines three cases over which the U.S. and Soviet Union have tried to reach an agreement on arms ...

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