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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451475603321

Titolo

Controlling dangerous pathogens [[electronic resource] ] : a blueprint for U.S.-Russian cooperation : a report to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the U.S. Department of Defense / / U.S.-Russian Collaborative Program for Research and Monitoring of Pathogens of Global Importance Committee, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1997

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Disciplina

327.1745

Soggetti

Biological arms control - United States

Biological arms control - Russia (Federation)

Biological arms control - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Controlling Dangerous Pathogens""; ""Copyright""; ""ACRONYMS""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""CONTEXT""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON DANGEROUS PATHOGENS""; ""ESTABLISHING THE BASIS FOR EXPANDED COOPERATION""; ""PHASE 1: A PATHOGENS INITIATIVE""; ""PHASE 2: AN ERA OF SUSTAINED COOPERATION FOLLOWING THE PATHOGENS INITIATIVE""; ""COSTS""; ""Pathogens Initiative""; ""Phase 2: An Era of Longer-Term Sustained Cooperation""; ""ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM""; ""1 The Context for a Program of Bilateral Cooperation""

""THE DUAL-USE DIMENSION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY""""INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE BW THREAT""; ""THE SPECIAL CASE OF RUSSIA""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON DANGEROUS PATHOGENS""; ""Transparency as a Response to Risk""; ""Benefits""; ""The Need for Coordination of U.S. Government Efforts""; ""THE BLUEPRINT FOR COOPERATION""; ""2 Establishing the Basis for Long-Term Cooperation""; ""IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN JOINT PLANNING""; ""PLANNING FOR SUSTAINED COOPERATION IN THE



LONG-TERM""; ""INITIAL PILOT PROJECTS""; ""Selection of the Institutes""

""Selection of the Initial Projects""""Use of the ISTC Mechanism""; ""Value Added by the NAS Committee""; ""INSIGHTS FROM THE PILOT PROJECTS""; ""PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE BILATERAL COOPERATION""; ""ORGANIZING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE FUTURE""; ""Criteria for Judging Research Proposals""; ""Size and Scope of Research Projects""; ""Financial Realities""; ""A GOOD BASIS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION""; ""3 Phase 1: A Pathogens Initiative to Expand Cooperation""; ""A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INITIATING JOINT EFFORTS""; ""RECOMMENDATION FOR A PATHOGENS INITIATIVE""; ""Organizational Structure""

""Research Collaboration""""Framework for the Effort""; ""Involving Additional Russian Institutions""; ""Supporting Activities""; ""Project Development Activities""; ""Estimated Cost""; ""Anticipated Results""; ""4 Phase 2: An Era of Sustained Cooperation""; ""THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF RUSSIA""; ""A MODEL FOR SUSTAINED COOPERATION""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR A PHASE 2 PROGRAM""; ""GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PHASE 2""; ""TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM""; ""Research Collaboration""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Biosafety""; ""ESTIMATED COSTS""; ""ANTICIPATED BENEFITS""

""A Committee and Staff Biographies""""COMMITTEE MEMBERS""; ""STAFF MEMBERS""; ""B Extract from Statement of Work of DOD/NAS Contract""; ""SCOPE""; ""OBJECTIVES""; ""C Consultations and Visits""; ""CONSULTATIONS IN UNITED STATES""; ""CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS IN RUSSIA""; ""D Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods�""; ""E Convention on the Prohibtion of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin�""; ""ARTICLE I""; ""ARTICLE II""; ""ARTICLE III""; ""ARTICLE IV""

""ARTICLE V""