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Do Recent Scientific and Technological Advances Lower the Threshold for the Proliferation of Biological Weapons?
Dec. 18, 2006 | Amanda N. Koch, Burke K. ZimmermanAmanda Koch and Burke Zimmerman assess whether or not recent scientific advances in genetics and bio-technologies have lowered the threshold for the proliferation of biological weapons.
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Dr. Mark S. Smolinski, testified at the 2005 Meeting of Experts of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva
June 5, 2005 | Mark S. SmolinskiNTI's Vice President of Biological Programs and Director of the Global Health and Security Initiative underscored the need to tackle the challenge of safeguarding life sciences through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach that engages both the biomedical science and security communities.
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Sam Nunn Discusses Need for New Public-Private Partnership to Reduce the Threat of Bioterrorism
Dec. 9, 2004 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn says that active leadership of the scientific community is essential to develop norms of scientific behavior that will secure dangerous biological materials without suffocating scientific research.
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Cornerstones of Security: Arms Control Treaties in the Nuclear Era
May 1, 2003 | Thomas Graham, Jr., Damien J. LaVeraThis book offers a chronology and history of international efforts to control weapons of mass destruction through legal arrangements. It covers more than forty agreements, negotiated during the last eight decades, to control conventional nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons in outer space, the Antarctic, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, and on the ocean floor. The treaties are placed in context by individual commentaries from Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Damien J. LaVera.
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To Comply or Not to Comply: Outline of the UN Inspections Mechanism in Iraq
March 1, 2003 | Victor MizinOn the eve of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Victor Mizin argues that UN inspections have been and will continue to be unsuccessful due to an organized system of concealment by the Hussein regime.
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The Biological Weapons Convention
March 1, 2003 | Jenni RissanenJenni Rissanen describes the evolution of the Biological Weapons Convention and major challenges to its legitimacy, including the lack of verification mechanism and advances in biotechnology.
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Laura S. H. Holgate testifies on G-8 pledges for threat reduction in Russia
Oct. 9, 2002 | Laura HolgateIn this testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Laura Holgate offers various approaches that could help the G-8 fulfill the promise of greater resources and more comprehensive, better coordinated world-wide commitment reflected in its June announcement of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
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Charles Curtis testifies before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on the Treaty of Moscow
Aug. 1, 2002 | Charles B. CurtisIn this testimony, Mr. Curtis offers his views on the Treaty of Moscow and next steps the U.S. and Russia should take to transform their security relationship.
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Q&A session with Senator Nunn following his speech to the Woodrow Wilson Center
Oct. 3, 2001 | Sam NunnSenator Nunn addresses relations between India and Pakistan, NATO expansion and other issues.
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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Compliance Protocol
Aug. 1, 2001 | Jonathan TuckerJonathan Tucker examines the troubled history of negotiations on a compliance protocol for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
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Prepared Testimony of Senator Nunn Regarding Biological Weapons Threat
July 23, 2001 | Sam NunnTestimony before the House Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations.
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Senator Nunn on ABC's World News Tonight
July 23, 2001 | Sam NunnJohn Yang interviews Senator Nunn about his participation in "Dark Winter" and America's readiness to withstand a bioterrorist attack.
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