National security and arms control in the age of biotechnology : the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention /

Daniel M. Gerstein, a former Army Colonel and current Under Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, traces the origins of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention while prescribing ways for the world's military leaders to move forward with regards to (what Gerstein calls) "the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerstein, Daniel M., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, [2013]
Temas:
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction > (1972 April 10)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (1972 April 10)
Biotechnology > Law and legislation.
Biological arms control.
National security > Law and legislation.
Biological warfare (International law)
Armes biologiques > Contrôle.
Guerre biologique (Droit international)
LAW > International.
Biological arms control
Biotechnology > Law and legislation
National security > Law and legislation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Road to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC); 2 Biotechnology and its Implications for the BWC; 3 Ten Reasons Why the BWC Matters; 4 Into The Abyss: The Articles of the Convention; 5 The BWC Review Conferences (RevCon) and Special Reviews; 6 To Verify or Not to Verify; 7 The Future of the BWC; 8 Conclusions and the Way Forward; Appendix A: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC); Appendix B: Ten Reasons Why the BWC Matters; Appendix C: Confidence-Building Measures; Appendix D: Arms Control Definitions
  • Appendix E: Principles of VerificationAppendix F: U.S. Ambassador Donald Mahley's Statement; Appendix G: National Implementation; Notes; Index; About the Author

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