Preventing a biochemical arms race
By: Alexander Kelle, Kathryn Nixdorff, and Malcolm Dando
Contributors: Nixdorff, Kathryn, author; Dando, Malcolm, author
Publisher: Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780804782753
Subjects: Biological arms control; Chemical arms control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Arms dynamics, the changing threat environment and the chemical and biological weapons prohibition regimes; title: Threats to the CBW prohibition regimes : the changing nature of warfare; title: Threats to the CBW prohibition regimes : the revolution in the life sciences; title: Threats to the CBW prohibition regimes : advances in neuroscience; title: Threats to the CBW prohibition regimes : biodefense pushed too far; title: Embedding the CBW prohibition regimes in the web of responses; title: Evolution of the BW prohibition regime : assessing achievements and weaknesses; title: Evolution of the CW prohibition regime : assessing achievements and weaknesses.