The CBRN threat: Past, present and future / Andrew Prosser and Sergio Bonin.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Prosser, Andrew, author.

Contributor:

Bonin, Sergio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peacekeeping and Security.

Human Rights and Refugees.

Local Subjects:

Peacekeeping and Security.

Human Rights and Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages)

Contained In:

Freedom from Fear Vol. 2009, no. 5, p. 12-15 2009:5<12 2519-0709

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In recent years world leaders, news media and experts have warned of the global security threat from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) material and weapons. Last December, a bipartisan U.S. commission cautioned that "unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013." In parallel with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is interesting to highlight the Cold War origins of many modern-day CBRN challenges. At the same time, this article explores how newer developments have been infusing additional complexity into the global CBRN threat landscape.

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Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

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