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Assessing the threat of weapons of mass destruction :

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Assessing the threat of weapons of mass destruction :

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the role of independent scientists /

edited by John L. Finney and Ivo Šlaus.

Washington, D.C. :

Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division,

©2010.

1 online resource (ix, 309 pages) :

illustrations

NATO science for peace and security series ; E : Human and societal dynamics ;

vol. 61

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Title page; Foreword; Contents; Introduction: Workshop on the Role of Independent Scientists in WMD Threat Assessmen; Section 1. Institutions, Structures and Mechanisms; Section 2. Chemical and Biological Weapons; Section 3. Nuclear Weapons, Missiles and Missile Defense; Section 4. NATO's Role in South-Eastern Europe in the Light of WMD; Section 5. Scientists, Citizens and the Media; Section 6. Concluding Comments; Subject Index; Author Index

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Assessing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction is a collection of papers delivered at the Nato Advanced Research Workshop of the same name, which examined the role of independent scientists in assessing WMD threat. Such threat assessment has a profound impact on the policies of governments and international organizations. It raises numerous questions. What exactly is an independent scientist and what pressures threaten their independence? What role do cultural dependencies play within assessments? ow do independent scientists produce threat assessments and what are the widely differing models used by different countries to facilitate the input of such assessments into policy? To address these and other issues, an interdisciplinary group of eminentexperts and policy makers from twelve countries gathered to discuss ways in which the technical advice of independent scientists could be strengthened to aid governments and international organizations in forming policies in response to perceived threats. With papers covering topics ranging from policy making to chemical and biological weapons, nuclear threats and breaking the threat/counter threat cycle, this book illuminates an area of vital importance to the security and stability of relations between tates, and the maintenance of internationally agreed norms.

IOS Press

978-1-60750-471-9

Assessing the threat of weapons of mass destruction.

1607500841

Science and state, Congresses.

Security, International-- International cooperation, Congresses.

Weapons of mass destruction-- Government policy, Congresses.

Massenvernichtungswaffe

Massenvernichtungswaffe.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Peace.

Science and state.

Sicherheitspolitik

Sicherheitspolitik.

Unabhängigkeit

Unabhängigkeit.

Weapons of mass destruction-- Government policy.

Wissenschaftliche Beratung

Wissenschaftliche Beratung.

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Finney, J. L., (John L.)

Šlaus, Ivo.

NATO Advanced Research Workshop "The Role of Independent Scientists in WMD Threat Assessment"(2008 :, Zagreb, Croatia)

IOS Press.

NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.

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