Case 143 - NATO Alliance Negotiations over the Soviet Pipeline Sanctions

Crawford, Beverly

This case study examines the economic and commercial background and interallied procedures for dealing with exports to the Soviet Union. It explores the problems of negotiation among the allies and, in particular, the possibilities for negotiation when serious differences of philosophy and economic interest exist. This case can be used to examine the relationship between negotiation and the exercise of power between states and   the problems created by issues that are essentially technical or speculative in nature.