Biological and Chemical Weapons
Biological and Chemical Weapons | Biological Weapons Are a Serious Threat
Richard K. Betts is the Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and he is a professor of political science and Director of the Institute for War and Peace Studies at Columbia University.
Summary: Although the potential for nuclear annihilation has been reduced with the end of the Cold War, America still faces attacks by weapons of mass destruction. Since the United States now has a military edge over its old enemies, the concern for nuclear deterrence should take a back seat to providing protection against small...
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- Biological Weapons Are a Serious Threat
- Is the Fear of Biological Terrorism Justified?
- Terrorists Would Be Unlikely to Use Biological or Chemical Weapons
- Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Terrorism Warrant Government Funding
- The Media Direct U.S. Policy Regarding Biological and Chemical Weapons
- An Attempt to Destroy Chemical Weapons Goes Awry
- Decreasing U.S. Intervention Overseas Will Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks
- The Migration of Russian Biological Weapons Experts Is a Serious Threat
- A Nuclear Arsenal Is Needed to Counter a Biological Weapons Threat
- The Chemical Weapons Convention Is Unenforceable
- Local Governments’ Responses to Biological and Chemical Terrorism
- Unearthing the Truth
- Iraq Still Possesses a Biological and Chemical Arsenal
- The Biological and Chemical Weapons in Iraq’s Arsenal
- The U.S. Supplied Iraq with Biological and Chemical Weapons’ Materials
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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