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Book SynopsisThis book proposes fresh approaches and concrete proposals to overcome one of the most intractable security problems of the twenty-first century.
Trade ReviewNever has there been a greater need for this book, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the BW problem and options for addressing it by noted experts from around the world. -- Michael Klare, director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies
This extremely useful and authoritative volume provides a coherent account of the history of biological weapons programs and the attempts to control them. * Foreign Affairs *
Wright argues, controversially, that powerful Western states, the U.S. in particular, are undermining the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)—not the weaker non-Western states as commonly believed. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
A timely and important volume that challenges the narrow, conventional understandings of the threat of biological warfare as emanating solely from 'rogue states' and terrorists. Particularly innovative are Wright's analyses drawing connections between the biotechnology industry, economic development in the Third World, and the prospects for implementing a regime prohibiting biological warfare. -- Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University, editor of Italy from Crisis to Crisis: Political Economy, Security, and Society in the 21st Century
Table of ContentsPart I: The Global Context Chapter 1: Introduction: In Search of a New Paradigm of Biological Disarmament Chapter 2: The Challenges of Biological Weaponry: A Twenty-First-Century Assessment Part II: The Roles of Past and Present Superpowers Chapter 3: A Perilous Path to Security? Weighing U.S. "Biodefense" against Qualitative Proliferation Chapter 4: Defense against Biological Weapons: Can Immunization and Secondary Prevention Succeed? Chapter 5: The Soviet Union's Offensive Program: The Implications for Contemporary Arms Control Part III: Middle Eastern and Asian Perspectives Chapter 6: The Middle East: Integrated Regional Approaches to Arms Control and Disarmament Chapter 7: Israel: Reconstructing a Black Box Chapter 8: China: Balancing Disarmament and Development Chapter 9: India: Straddling East and West Part IV: Disarming Iraq Chapter 10: The Coercive Disarmament of Iraq Chapter 11: UNSCOM and the Iraqi Biological Weapons Program: Technical Success, Political Failure Part V: The Biological Weapons Convention Chapter 12: Geopolitical Origins Chapter 13: The Compliance Protocol and the Three Depositary Powers Chapter 14: Secrecy in the Biotechnology Industry: Implications for the Biological Weapons Convention Chapter 15: The Global Patent Regime: Implementing Article X Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 16: Rethinking Biological Disarmament Chapter 17: Proposals for the Future: Strengthening Global Commitments to Biological Disarmament
