Introduction, Dietrich Schroeer and Alessandro Pascolini; the future of high technology in military affairs, Dietrich Schroeer; the impact of the military-industrial complex on society, Gert G. Harigel; problems of reconversion from the military to the civilian sector, Georgi Arbatov; US-Russian cooperation on fissile material security and disposition, Frank von Hippel and Oleg Bukharin; unintentional nuclear fire after the Cold War and arms control, Ciro Zoppo; nuclear disarmament - the view from Russia, Anatoli Diakov; implications of the comprehensive nuclear test ban for nuclear modernization and proliferation, Eric Arnett; a nuclear weapon free world - is it desirable? is it possible? is it probable? Francesco Calogero; post-Cold War weapons reduction - the role of NATO, Lamberto Zannier; the new verification game and technologies at our disposal, Patricia Lewis; the Open Skies Treaty - a cooperative approach to confidence building and arms control, Hartwig Spitzer; Russia's nuclear policy after the USSR, Ioury Federov; implications of the Cold War military legacy in Northern Europe, Arto Nokkala; the new world order and the tempo of militant Islam, Hilal Khashan.