| LC control no. | sh 96001353 |
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| Topical heading | Confidence and security building measures (International relations) |
| Variant(s) | CBMs (International relations) Confidence building measures (International relations) CSBMs (International relations) |
| See also | Arms control International relations |
| Found in | Work cat.: 94-229785: Inaugural Pan-European Conference in International Relations (1st : 1992 : Heidelberg, Germany). Confidence-building, verification, and conversion, 1992. LC database, 2/7/96 (confidence building measures; CBMs; confidence and security building measures; CSBMs) Shafritz, J.M. The dictionary of 20th-century world politics, 1993 (Confidence-building measures (CBMs): an extension of diplomacy whereby states take small initiatives designed to create modest trust with adversaries that lead to larger initiatives that can lead to greater trust, and so on. A form of arms control that seeks to reduce the fear of a surprise attack ... CBMs, or confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) as they are also known) |
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