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BL
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986032
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b740402
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NATO Advanced Research Workshop "The Role of Independent Scientists in WMD Threat Assessment"(2008 :, Zagreb, Croatia)
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Assessing the threat of weapons of mass destruction : : the role of independent scientists /\ edited by John L. Finney and Ivo Šlaus.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ;Washington, D.C. :: IOS Press BV :: Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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NATO science for peace and security series ; E : Human and societal dynamics ;; vol. 61
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1 online resource (ix, 309 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1282600796
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: 1607504715
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: 6612600799
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: 9781282600799
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: 9781607504719
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: 9786612600791
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1607500841
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9781607500841
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Science and state, Congresses.
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Security, International-- International cooperation, Congresses.
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Weapons of mass destruction-- Government policy, Congresses.
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Massenvernichtungswaffe
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Peace.
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Science and state.
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Sicherheitspolitik
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Unabhängigkeit
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Weapons of mass destruction-- Government policy.
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Wissenschaftliche Beratung
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Massenvernichtungswaffe.
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Sicherheitspolitik.
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Unabhängigkeit.
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Wissenschaftliche Beratung.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.172
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| LC Classification
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JZ5625.N38 2010
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| Added Entry
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Finney, J. L., (John L.)
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Šlaus, Ivo.
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IOS Press.
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NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.
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