International mechanisms for threat reduction of chemical and biological weapons.

Discusses steps the United States needs to take to strengthen current global initiatives. If U.S. policymakers want the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) to be effective threat-reduction mechanisms, they must replace rhetoric with action. In this...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 21, 5 (2002).
Main Author:	Smithson, A.E
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention. Chemical Weapons Convention. U.S. policymakers. United States government. Biological weapons. Chemical weapons. Current global initiatives strengthening. International mechanisms. Nations. Rhetoric with action. Terrorists. Threat reduction.