The Evolution of Biological Disarmament: 19 (Sipri Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies) - Softcover

Sims, Nicholas

 
9780198295785: The Evolution of Biological Disarmament: 19 (Sipri Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198295782 ISBN 13: 9780198295785
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2001

Synopsis

The evolution of the disarmament regime of the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) is described from 1980, when the first BTWC Review Conference was held, until 1998. The author analyses the results of our first four review Conferences; the meetings of the Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts to Identify and Examine Potential Verification Measures from a Scientific and Technical Standpoint; the 1994 Special Conference; the current negotiations of the Ad Hoc Group to produce an additional protocol the BTWC, which may include verification measures; handling of the 1997 Cuban allegation of US biological warfare; and the implementation of Article X of the BTWC on international transfers and cooperation for peaceful purposes. The strength of the BTWC regime is assessed in the light of its evolution through the review process and its changing contents, including Russia's admission that it had inherited an offensive biological weapon programme. The book applies an original sector-by-sector approach to its analysis of the BTWC, studied in a long-term perspective.

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About the Author

Nicholas A. Sims, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Research

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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198295782
ISBN 13 
9780198295785
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
216