Preventing a biochemical arms race [[electronic resource] /] / Alexander Kelle, Kathryn Nixdorff, and Malcolm Dando

• Autore: Kelle Alexander
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/745
• Soggetto topico: Chemical arms control; Biological arms control
• Altri autori: NixdorffKathryn DandoMalcolm
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 t
• Titolo autorizzato: Preventing a biochemical arms race
• ISBN: 0-8047-8615-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785960403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II