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Biosecurity in Putins Russia / Philippe Mauger, Raymond A. Zilinskas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (385 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626377134
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 358/.384 23
LOC classification:
  • UG447.8
  • UG447.8
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Putin’s Direction in the Biosciences -- 2 The Legacy of the Soviet Union’s Biological Warfare Program -- 3 Russian Biosecurity and Military Modernization -- 4 Biodefense and High-Technology Research and Development -- 5 Civilian Bioscience and Biotechnology Since 2005 -- 6 Russia Addressing the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention -- 7 Policy Suggestions and Possible Future Collaborations -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: In March 2012, at a meeting convened by the recently reelected Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Serdyukov informed Mr. Putin that a plan was being prepared for "the development of weapons based on new physical principles: radiation, geophysical wave, genetic, psychophysical, etc." Subsequently, in response to concerns expressed both in Russia and abroad, the Russian government deleted the statement from the public transcript of the meeting. But the question remains: Is Russia developing an offensive biological warfare program? Raymond Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger investigate the multiple dimensions of this crucial security issue in their comprehensive, authoritative survey. Ranging from the Soviet legacy to current doctrine, from advanced weapons-development networks to civilian biotechnology research, from diplomatic initiatives to disinformation campaigns, they document and analyze the build-up and modernization of Russia’s biodefense establishment under the Putin administration.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Putin’s Direction in the Biosciences -- 2 The Legacy of the Soviet Union’s Biological Warfare Program -- 3 Russian Biosecurity and Military Modernization -- 4 Biodefense and High-Technology Research and Development -- 5 Civilian Bioscience and Biotechnology Since 2005 -- 6 Russia Addressing the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention -- 7 Policy Suggestions and Possible Future Collaborations -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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In March 2012, at a meeting convened by the recently reelected Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Serdyukov informed Mr. Putin that a plan was being prepared for "the development of weapons based on new physical principles: radiation, geophysical wave, genetic, psychophysical, etc." Subsequently, in response to concerns expressed both in Russia and abroad, the Russian government deleted the statement from the public transcript of the meeting. But the question remains: Is Russia developing an offensive biological warfare program? Raymond Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger investigate the multiple dimensions of this crucial security issue in their comprehensive, authoritative survey. Ranging from the Soviet legacy to current doctrine, from advanced weapons-development networks to civilian biotechnology research, from diplomatic initiatives to disinformation campaigns, they document and analyze the build-up and modernization of Russia’s biodefense establishment under the Putin administration.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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