Information on "Biological Weapons Proliferation"
December 2011
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Dec 2011
Strengthening the BTWC Through Laboratory Best Practices and Biosecurity
Author: Elisande Nexon
Publisher: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) / Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) / International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) / Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
This paper focuses on increasing laboratory biosafety and biosecurity as a way to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). More on «Strengthening the BTWC Through Laboratory Best Practices and Biosecurity» -
Dec 2011
Implications of Bioscience and Technology Advances for the BTWC
Author: Catriona McLeish
Publisher: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) / Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) / International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) / Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
This paper examines the current method by which states parties review advances in science and technology relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. More on «Implications of Bioscience and Technology Advances for the BTWC» -
Dec 2011
Verifying and Demonstrating Compliance with the BTWC
Author: Iris Hunger, Anna Zmorzynska
Publisher: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) / Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) / International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) / Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Almost 40 years after it came into being in 1972, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention remains without a proper verification mechanism. More on «Verifying and Demonstrating Compliance with the BTWC»
November 2011
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15 Nov 2011
How to Address the Subnational Actor Threat and Effective National Participation in the Biological Non-proliferation Regime
Author: Elisande Nexon, Angela Woodward
Publisher: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS)
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) remains the cornerstone of the biological weapons nonproliferation and disarmament regime. More on «How to Address the Subnational Actor Threat and Effective National Participation in the Biological Non-proliferation Regime»
October 2011
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Oct 2011
Reinforcing Disarmament: Combating Illicit Trade in Weapons and Materials
Author: Philipp Annawitt, Marc Finaud
Publisher: Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
This paper summarizes the findings of two GCSP workshops on the topic of illicit trade in weapons and material relevant to the on-going discussions relating to a future Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). More on «Reinforcing Disarmament: Combating Illicit Trade in Weapons and Materials» -
Oct 2011
Challenges to Leadership: Responding to Biological Threats
Author: Paul Rosenzweig
Publisher: Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
This paper critically examines the existing structures and mechanisms related to biological threat response in the US. More on «Challenges to Leadership: Responding to Biological Threats»
March 2011
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Mar 2011
The Obama Vision and Nuclear Disarmament
Author: Emily B Landau, Tamar Malz-Ginzburg, Jonathan Schachter, Uzi Rubin, Ephraim Asculai, David Friedman, Shimon Stein, Yair Evron
Publisher: Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
The essays in this monograph analyze the events in 2009-2010 linked to nuclear arms control, focusing on the impact of President Obama's new agenda on the nuclear nonproliferation regime. More on «The Obama Vision and Nuclear Disarmament»
February 2011
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Feb 2011
Progress in Biotechnology as a Future Security Policy Challenge
Author: Sergio Bonin
Publisher: Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Biological weapons are not prominent in current threat analyses, though this might change with advances in biotechnology, and in synthetic biology in particular. More on «Progress in Biotechnology as a Future Security Policy Challenge»
January 2011
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2011
Improving Implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention
Author: Austin Ochieng Aluoch, Georgi Avramchev, Joris De Baerdemaeker, Cathy Bollaert, Katherine Bowman, Koos van der Bruggen, Teck Mean Chua, Robin Coupland, Malcolm Dando, Isabelle Daoust-Maleval, Katsuhisa Furukawa, Louise Gresham, Marius Grinius, Keith Hamilton, Marianne Heisz, Jo Husbands, Ngoc Phuong Huynh, Aamer Ikram, Masood Khan, Richard Lennane, Robert Mathews, Piers Millett, Kazuaki Miyagishima, Ali Mohammadi, Randall Murch, Maurice Owuor Ope, Pedro Oyarce, Graham Pearson, Leslie Pray, Brian Rappert, Ben Rusek, Barbara Schaal, Scott Spence, Simon Whitby
Publisher: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
This book gathers together many of the best contributions from the work within the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) framework and provides expert reviews of key themes, case studies of interesting national approaches, as well as unique perspective... More on «Improving Implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention»
July 2010
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12 Jul 2010
African Security Review, Vol 19 No 2
Author: J Shola Omotola, Bart R Smedts, Nir Kalron, Dustin Dehéz, Paula Cristina Roque, Freedom C Onuoha, Paul Omoyefa, Benedikt Franke, Laurie Nathan, Laetitia Olivier
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
This issue of the African Security Review discusses conflict trends and conflict resolution in Africa. More on «African Security Review, Vol 19 No 2»
