The Global Partnership Against WMD: Success and Shortcomings of G8 Threat Reduction since 9/11

by Hugh Chalmers, Wyn Q. Bowen, Alan Heyes

The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted a new urgency in efforts to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear proliferati on. The potential acquisition and use by terrorist groups of such weaponry was suddenly a much increased threat. The G8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction subsequently encouraged some twenty-two countries and the European Union to pledge up to $20 billion to address this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415518628
• ISBN13: 9780415518628
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"