{"id":2747,"date":"1994-01-01T12:38:27","date_gmt":"1994-01-01T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2022-08-07T14:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:11:38","slug":"fundamental-design-principles-of-confidence-building-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fundamental-design-principles-of-confidence-building-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundamental Design Principles of Confidence-Building Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\">\n<p><span class=\"varPubAuthor\">by Carl Conetta and Lutz Unterseher<\/span>, <span class=\"varPubDate\">1994.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"ntmlLink\"><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Fundamental%20Principles%20of%20CBD.pdf&quot;\">\u27aaPDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A selection of slides as prepared for seminars held in Holland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Belarus in 1994. These were used in presentations and included in the seminar briefing book, <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/9405%20CBD-Euro%20Primer.pdf\">Confidence-Building Defense: a comprehensive approach to security and stability in the new era<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The seminars were organized and co-sponsored by the Study Group on Alternative Security Policy (SAS) and the Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA).<\/p>\n<p>The principles of Confidence Building Defense remain relevant to the aspirations and strategic interests of nations that have suffered mutual enmity and military standoff and now seek to create the conditions for lasting peace and to reduce the size of their militaries while advancing their essential national security.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fundamental-design-principles-of-confidence-building-defense\/cbdprincipleseffects\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2823\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2823\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CBDPrinciplesEffects--300x255.png\" alt=\"Confidence Building Defense\" width=\"350\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Carl Conetta and Lutz Unterseher, 1994.\u00a0 \u27aaPDF A selection of slides as prepared for seminars held in Holland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Belarus in 1994. 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