A Future Arms Control Agenda

(NS 118)
October 1-2, 1999
Bofors Hotel, Karlskoga, Sweden
Organizers: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The international program committee consisted of Ian Anthony, SIPRI; Hans Blix, Director General emeritus, International Atomic Energy Agency; Bo Huldt, National Defense College, Sweden; Catherine Kelleher, Aspen Institute Berlin; Sverre Lodgaard, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Adam Daniel Rotfeld, SIPRI; Lothar Rühl, University of Cologne; and Daniel Tarschys, Stockholm University. The organizing committee consisted of Ian Anthony, Adam Daniel Rotfeld and Daniel Tarschys.

The symposium gathered about 50 prominent researchers, experts and activists as well as former political decision-makers, altogether representing 22 countries and various national and multilateral security organizations. The symposium's goal was to promote intellectual and political debate on a future arms control agenda, in light of the international security changes that have occurred since the end of the Cold War. The main point of departure was that arms control should not be viewed as an artificial process, in which the negotiating of treaties and agreements has a value per se. Instead, a new arms control agenda should be viewed as an instrument for establishing a new cooperative security order.

The symposium consisted of four sessions: Security Environment and Arms Control; Global, Regional and Subregional Dimensions of Arms Control and Disarmament; A Comprehensive Approach to Arms Control and Disarmament; and Transparency, Verification and Safeguards. At the end of the symposium, a number of audience members participated in an open panel discussion on Demilitarization of International Relations and the Future of Arms Control and Disarmament.

The symposium documents were published by Oxford University Press in 2000. A separate report, based on the account of the symposium rapporteur and entitled The Stockholm Agenda for Arms Control, was published by SIPRI in November 1999.

 

Program
September 30, Thursday
16.00	Olof Palme Memorial Lecture delivered by Mr Jayantha Dhanapala, UN Under-Secretary-General, at the Swedish Parliament
18.30	Dinner at the Foreign Ministry hosted by Ms Lena Hjelm-Wallén, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden.
October 1, Friday
09.00 - 09.15	Introduction by the Chairman of the First Session on Security Environment and Arms Control
09.15 - 10.15	Part One: New International Security Environment: Main Elements
10.30 - 11.30	Part Two: Objectives and Limits of Arms Control in the New Security Environment
11.30 - 12.30	Discussion
14.30 - 14.45	Introduction by the Chairman of the Second Session on Global, Regional and Subregional Dimensions of Arms Control and Disarmament
14.45 - 16.00	Part One: The Role of Major Powers in the Arms Control and Disarmament Process
16.15 -17.30	Part Two: Arms Control in Transition: In Search of a New Organizing Principle
17.30 - 18.30	Discussion
October 2, Saturday
09.00 - 09.15	Introduction by Chairman of the Third Session on A Comprehensive Approach to Arms Control and Disarmament
09.15 - 10.15	Part One: Compliance and Non-Compliance of Treaties: Inducements and Coercion in the Arms Control Process
10.30 - 11.30	Part Two: Arms Control and Peace Settlements and Challenges of Substate Activities
11.30 - 12.30	Discussion
14.15 - 14.30	Introduction by Chairman of the Fourth Session on Transparency, Verification and Safeguards
14.30 - 15.30	Transparency, Verification and Safeguards: the Cluster of Issues
15.30 - 16.15	Discussion
17.00 - 18.00	Panel Discussion: Demilitarization of International Relations and the Future of Arms Control and Disarmament
18.00 pm - 18.30	The draft of the Report presented by Rapporteur; Concluding words by Director of SIPRI

Participants
Alani, Ms Birgittta Deputy Director, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden	Butfoy, Dr Andrew Senior Lecturer in International Relations, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Anthony, Dr Ian Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden	Calogero, Prof. Francesco Pugwash Conferences, Rome, Italy
Apunen, Prof. Osmo Department of Political Science and International Relations, Univ. of Tampere, Tampere, Finland	Chufrin, Prof. Gennady Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Arnett, Dr Eric Arms Control, Bureau Department of State Washington, DC, USA	Delpech, Dr Thérèse Director Strategic Affairs CEA Paris, France
Bailes, Dr Alyson J.K. Political Director, Western European Union, Brussels, Belgium	Dhanapala, Mr Jayantha Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament, United Nations, New York, USA
Ball, Ms Nicole Fellow, Overseas Development Council, Washington, D.C., USA	Dwan, Dr Renata Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Baranovsky, Dr Vladimir Deputy Director, IMEMO, Moscow, Russia	Ekéus, Amb. Rolf Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C., USA
Bjurner, Amb. Anders Deputy State Secretary Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden	Feldman, Dr Shai Head of Center, Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Blix, Dr Hans Director General Emeritus, IAEA, Stockholm, Sweden	Ferm, Ms Ragnhild Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Forsberg, Dr Randall Executive Director, Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies, Cambridge, USA	Kapungu, Dr Leonard T. Chief, Lessons Learned Unit UN DPKO, New York, USA
Gasteyger, Prof. Curt Director, Programme for Strategic and Int’l Security Studies, Graduate Institute of Int’l Studies, Geneva, Switzerland	Karkoszka, Dr Andrzej Marshall, Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Gill, Dr Bates Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA	Kelleher, Dr Catherine M. Director, Aspen Institute Berlin, Germany
Goodby, Prof. James E. Distinguished Service Professor, Washington, DC, USA	Kile, Mr Shannon Researcher, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Gyarmati, Dr István Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary	Krause, Prof. Keith Graduate, Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Hagelin, Dr Björn Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden	Lachowski, Dr Zdzilslaw Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Hagmeyer-Gaverus, Mr Gerd Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden	Lenzi, Mr Guido Director, WEU Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France
Huldt, Prof. Bo Director, Institute for National Defence and Security Studies, National Defence College Stockholm, Sweden	Lewis, Dr Patricia Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Geneva, Switzerland
Ivry, Mr David Chairman, National Security Council, Jerusalem, Israel	Li, Amb. Changhe Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Of China, Geneva, Switzerland
Jean, General Carlo Chairman, Joint Consultative Commission OSCE Vienna, Austria	Lodgaard, Dr Sverre Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway
Mossberg, Amb Mathias Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden	Singh, Mr Ravinder Pal Project Leader, SIPRI
Nazarkin, Amb. Yuri K. Senior Faculty Member, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland	Sköns, Ms Elisabeth Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Owada, Amb. Hisashi President, Japan Inst. of International Affairs, Tokyo, Japan	Sohlman, Dr Michael Chairman, Nobel Foundation Stockholm, Sweden
Perle, Mr Richard Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., USA	Sohlman, Amb. Staffan Inspector, General National Inspectorate of Strategic Products Stockholm, Sweden
Perry, Prof. William J. Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, USA	Sutherland, Prof. Ronald G. Head of Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Rogov, Dr Sergey Director, Institute of USA and Canada Studies Moscow, Russia	Tarschys, Prof. Daniel Chairman, SIPRI Governing Board Stockholm, Sweden
Rotfeld, Dr Adam Daniel Director, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden	Taylor, Col. Terence Assistant Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, UK
Rühl, Dr. Lothar (ret. State Secretary) Forschungs Institut für Politik-Wissenschaft University of Köln, Köln, Germany	Wall, Ms Connie Head of Department, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden
Seybolt, Dr Taylor Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden	Wedin, Captain Lars National Defence College, Stockholm, Sweden
	Zanders, Dr Jean Pascal Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden