Biosecurity in Putin's Russia / Raymond A. Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger.
By: Zilinskas, Raymond A [author.]
.Contributor(s): Mauger, Philippe [author.].Publisher: Boulder ; London : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2018Description: ix, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781626376984; 9781626377134.Subject(s): Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, 1972 (1972 April 10) | Biological weapons -- Russia (Federation) | Biotechnology -- Government policy -- Russia (Federation) | Soviet Union -- History, MilitaryDDC classification: 358.3830974 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 358.3830974 ZIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 015338 |
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| 358.34309 BRO Chemical warfare : | 358.38 BAR The plague makers : | 358.38 THO Bringing the war home / | 358.3830974 ZIL Biosecurity in Putin's Russia / | 358.400941 AIR Air power 21 : | 358.400941 DEA The Royal Air Force and two World Wars / | 358.400941 HOL RAF 100, 1918-2018 : the official story / |
Putin's direction in the biosciences -- The legacy of the Soviet Union's biological warfare program -- Russian biosecurity and military modernization -- Biodefense and high technology research and development -- Civilian bioscience and biotechnology since 2005 -- Russia addressing the biological and toxin weapons convention -- Policy suggestions and possible future collaborations.
"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." -- Lynne Rienner Publishers site.