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<p>A qualitative assessment of the conventional military balance between NATO and Russia may form a basis of any potential conventional arms control (CAC) agreement in Europe. Article discusses methods to assess force capability and military balances, and then suggests updates to the methods based on insights from recent conflicts, military capability trends and developments. The article offers a weighted static force analysis model to assess military balances, that can be used for CAC agreements, called the Quantitative Approach to Conventional Arms Control (QuACAC). This approach may help narrow areas of disagreement between negotiating parties, and provide a basis for CAC agreement adaptation.</p>
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A qualitative assessment of the conventional military balance between NATO and Russia may form a basis of any potential conventional arms control (CAC) agreement in Europe. Article discusses methods to assess force capability and military balances, and then suggests updates to the methods based on insights from recent conflicts, military capability trends and developments. The article offers a weighted static force analysis model to assess military balances, that can be used for CAC agreements, called the Quantitative Approach to Conventional Arms Control (QuACAC). This approach may help narrow areas of disagreement between negotiating parties, and provide a basis for CAC agreement adaptation.

Military Balancing for Future Conventional Arms Control Agreements in Europe

CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES

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A qualitative assessment of the conventional military balance between NATO and Russia may form a basis of any potential conventional arms control (CAC)...

Military Balancing for Future Conventional Arms Control Agreements in Europe

Published Online: Apr 02, 2024

Page range: 103 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2024-0007

Keywords
Military Balance, Conventional Arms Control, Russo-Ukraine War, Post-Conflict Agreements

© 2024 William Lippert, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Military Balancing for Future Conventional Arms Control Agreements in Europe

Published Online: Apr 02, 2024

Page range: 103 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2024-0007

KeywordsMilitary Balance, Conventional Arms Control, Russo-Ukraine War, Post-Conflict Agreements

© 2024 William Lippert, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Military Balance, Conventional Arms Control, Russo-Ukraine War, Post-Conflict Agreements