World at risk : the report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

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World at risk : the report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Title remainder

the report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Statement of responsibility

Bob Graham, Chairman, Jim Talent, Vice-Chairman; Graham Allison...[and others]

Title variation

• Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
• Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism

Creator

• Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (U.S.)

Contributor

• Allison, Graham T
• Graham, Bob, 1936-
• Talent, Jim, 1956-

Subject

• Nuclear nonproliferation
• Terrorism -- Prevention
• Weapons of mass destruction -- Prevention
• Biological weapons

Language

eng

Summary

The Commission believes 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. The Commission further believes that terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain and use a biological weapon than a nuclear weapon. The Commission believes that the U.S. government needs to move more aggressively to limit the proliferation of biological weapons and reduce the prospect of a bioterror attack. Further compounding the nuclear threat is the proliferation of nuclear weapons capabilities to new states and the decision by several existing nuclear states to build up their arsenals. Such proliferation is a concern in its own right because it may increase the prospect of military crises that could lead to war and catastrophic use of these weapons

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EJB

Government publication

federal national government publication

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries