National Security and Arms Control in the Age of Biotechnology - The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Daniel M. Gerstein, a former Army Colonel and current Under Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, traces the origins of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention while prescribing ways for the world's military leaders to move forward with regards to (what Gerstein calls) "the most important arms control treaty of the 21st Century."

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Road to the Biological Weapons Convention
Biotechnology and Its Implications for the BWC
Ten Reasons Why the BWC Matters
Into the Abyss: The Articles of the Convention
The BWC Review Conferences (RevCon) and Special Reviews
To Verify or Not to Verify
The Future of the BWC
Conclusions and the Way Forward
Annex A. The Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention (BWC)
Annex B. Ten Reasons Why the BWC Matters
Annex C. Confidence Building Measures
Annex D. Arms Control Definitions
Annex E. Principles of Verification
Annex F. U.S. Ambassador Donald Mahley's Statement
Annex G. National Implementation
Biography
Endnotes

About the author

Daniel M. Gerstein

Summary

Daniel M. Gerstein, a former Army Colonel and current Under Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, traces the origins of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention while prescribing ways for the world's military leaders to move forward with regards to (what Gerstein calls) "the most important arms control treaty of the 21st Century."

Product details

• Authors: Daniel M. Gerstein, GERSTEIN DANIEL M, Gerstein Daniel M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2013
• EAN: 9781442223127
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2312-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Terrorism, armed struggle, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control