The Member States of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO) and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE): Current Preoccupations and Expectations

Abstract

This article (a revised version of a paper presented at an IISS conference on East- West relations) is an interim report on one aspect of a study on multilateral East-West negotiations. The author attempts to assess the special preoccupations of WTO states in connection with CSCE and the differences between the Soviet Union and Rumania that surfaced in the course of the multilateral consultations and negotiations during 1973. He concludes that the impact of CSCE on intra-alliance relations in the East is likely to be marginal and long-term and that Soviet attitudes so far suggest confidence that the repercussions will remain manageable.