Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race.

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Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race responds to a growing concern that changes in the life sciences and the nature of warfare could lead to a resurgent interest in chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capabilities. By bringing together a wide range of historical material and current literature in the field of CBW arms control, the book reveals how these two disparate fields might be integrated to precipitate a biochemical arms race among major powers, rogue states, or even non-state actors. It seeks to raise awareness among policy practitioners, the academic community, and the media that such a.

Tables and Figures; 1. Arms Dynamics, the Changing Threat Environment, and the Chemical and Biological Weapons Prohibition Regimes; 2. Threats to the CBW Prohibition Regimes: The Changing Nature of Warfare; 3. Threats to the CBW Prohibition Regimes: The Revolution in the Life Sciences; 4. Threats to the CBW Prohibition Regimes: Advances in Neuroscience; 5. Threats to the CBW Prohibition Regimes: Biodefense Pushed Too Far; 6. Embedding the CBW Prohibition Regimes in the Web of Responses; 7. Evolution of the BW Prohibition Regime: Assessing Achievements and Weaknesses.

8. Evolution of the CW Prohibition Regime: Assessing Achievements and WeaknessesConclusion; Works Cited; Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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