The Soviet Union and the Western alliance, Robbin F.Laird; Soviet views and policies toward theatre war in Europe, Phillip A.Petersen and Notra Trulock III; Gorbachev and the Western alliance - reassessing the anticoalition strategy, Erik P.Hoffmann; Eastern Europe as a factor in Soviet foreign policy toward Western Europe, Charles Gati; Soviet perspectives on French security policy, Robbin F.Laird; Soviet perspectives on British security policy, Robbin F.Laird and Susan L.Clark; a nuclear-free zone in Northern Europe, Susan L.Clark; Soviet security perspectives on Germany, Hannes Adomeit; Soviet public diplomacy toward West Germany under Gorbachev, Robbin F.Laird; Soviet challenges to NATO, Robbin F.Laird and Susan L.Clark.