The Conventional Forces in Europe and START I treaties and the Chemical Weapons Convention are cases in point.
Under the currently proposed Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) agreement, the United States might remove one division from Europe.
The Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, signed in 1990, limits the number of conventional weapons countries are allowed.
Lobov, who recently averred that the U.S. military buildup could "wreck" the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) talks underway in Vienna.
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The value of such agreements has been dramatically challenged, however, by Soviet conduct under the recently completed Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty.
In 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union resolved differences over the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, clearing the way for a superpower summit.
The Kremlin is also pressuring the United States to modify a new section of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, which sets limits on troop levels.
The Russians do not appear to have exceeded the limits laid down in the treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, under which Russia has every right to re-equip its bases.
Yet, for some months the Soviets have stalled on major troop withdrawals and are now characterized by the White House as "stonewalling" the Vienna negotiations on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE).
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He proposed that the talks on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) include limits heretofore resisted by NATO, namely on troops (notably a common ceiling requiring a 30, 000-man reduction in U.S. forces there) and on aircraft.
These sessions and the signing ceremony for a new Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) agreement and a Bush-Gorbachev meeting to be held on their margins will do much to shape the future European security structure.
These sessions -- and the signing ceremony for a new Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) agreement and a Bush-Gorbachev meeting to be held on their margins -- will do much to shape the future European security structure.
In addition, Russia continues to violate its international arms control obligations, including -- but not limited to -- the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, the INF Treaty, the START I Treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention and various chemical weapons conventions.
In this connection, Moscow's insistence that the limits of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty be modified so as to permit substantially larger numbers of military personnel and equipment to be deployed in the southern reaches of Russia is particularly worrisome.
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This is occurring despite the recommendations of U.S. negotiators against preparing accords on strategic forces, conventional forces in Europe and chemical weapons under an artificial deadline and mounting evidence that the Soviet military is hardening its position in the arms talks to achieve tactical advantages under these circumstances.
Violations of arms control accords: In the process of bringing forces to bear in the Transcaucasus region, Russia would appear to have violated ceilings or be about to on the numbers of troops it can have there under the terms of the Conventional Forces in Europe agreement.
Violations of arms control accords: In the process of bringing forces to bear in the Transcaucasus region, Russia would appear to have violated ceilings -- or be about to -- on the numbers of troops it can have there under the terms of the Conventional Forces in Europe agreement.
The Center believes that the United States must retain a minimum of 22 active and 14 reserve air wings, a reduction of only one wing from the current total of 37 wings when and if the completion and ratification of a Conventional Forces in Europe agreement necessitates its removal from Europe.
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