Biological Warfare and Disarmament

New Problems/New Perspectives
Herausgeber: Wright, Susan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book proposes fresh approaches and concrete proposals to overcome one of the most intractable security problems of the twenty-first century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780742524699
• ISBN-10: 0742524698
• Artikelnr.: 22090196

Autorenporträt

Edited by Susan Wright

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Global Context Chapter 1: Introduction: In Search of a New
Paradigm of Biological Disarmament Chapter 2: The Challenges of Biological
Weaponry: A Twenty-First-Century Assessment Part II: The Roles of Past and
Present Superpowers Chapter 3: A Perilous Path to Security? Weighing U.S.
"Biodefense" against Qualitative Proliferation Chapter 4: Defense against
Biological Weapons: Can Immunization and Secondary Prevention Succeed?
Chapter 5: The Soviet Union's Offensive Program: The Implications for
Contemporary Arms Control Part III: Middle Eastern and Asian Perspectives
Chapter 6: The Middle East: Integrated Regional Approaches to Arms Control
and Disarmament Chapter 7: Israel: Reconstructing a Black Box Chapter 8:
China: Balancing Disarmament and Development Chapter 9: India: Straddling
East and West Part IV: Disarming Iraq Chapter 10: The Coercive Disarmament
of Iraq Chapter 11: UNSCOM and the Iraqi Biological Weapons Program:
Technical Success, Political Failure Part V: The Biological Weapons
Convention Chapter 12: Geopolitical Origins Chapter 13: The Compliance
Protocol and the Three Depositary Powers Chapter 14: Secrecy in the
Biotechnology Industry: Implications for the Biological Weapons Convention
Chapter 15: The Global Patent Regime: Implementing Article X Part IV:
Conclusion Chapter 16: Rethinking Biological Disarmament Chapter 17:
Proposals for the Future: Strengthening Global Commitments to Biological
Disarmament