The Biological Weapons Convention
Subtitle: A Failed Revolution
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate Pub.
Published: March 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780754638544
Subjects: Arms negotiation & control; International Relations - Arms Control; Biological warfare (International law); Political Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; International; Biological warfare (Internatio; (1972); Biological arms control; Convention on the Prohibition
First sentence: In 1995, when negotiations on an additional legally binding instrument to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) began, the future looked potentially dangerous with biological weapons and the spectre of bioterrorism creeping up the security agenda.