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Think Tanks & Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
The links provided below are to think tanks and NGOs that study, research, and provide policy recommendations on chemical and biological arms control, disarmament, non- and counterproliferation, defense, and terrorism issues.
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Homeland Security Institute
Homepage
– a nonprofit research institute having several partnerships
with other like-minded think tanks; Institute's vision is to help the United
States develop a clear national strategy for homeland defense and a partnership
that includes federal, state, local and private sector support; website provides
an excellent compilation of notable quotes as well as the Institute's publications
on chem-bio defense and proliferation
Business Executives for National Security
Homepage
– a nationwide organization of senior business executives whose aim is to
help mold national security policy with a view to make the United States safe
and secure; recent publications are on bioterrorism and other emerging national
security threats
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
BW Resource
– lists Carnegie publications, resources and current
news on BW issues
CW Resource – lists Carnegie publications, resources and current news on CW issues
Center for Biosecurity
Homepage
– formerly a Johns Hopkins University research center, now a part of the University of Pittsburg Medical Center; sponsors tabletop exercises like Dark Winter, focuses on biological warfare and attempts to defend against it in the United States; provides numerous publications and resources on biological agents; relevant congressional testimony archived on the site; book reviews also available
Center for Defense Information (CDI)
CBW
– hub for links to CDI resources on CBW, including
publications and links to these two pages:
CWC Overview – an in-depth analysis of the CWC BWC Overview – an in-depth analysis of the BWC
Center for International Security
and Cooperation
Homepage
– a Stanford University research center; highlights recent research, publications and conference proceedings on CBW issues
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Homepage
– a Monterey Institute of International Studies research center; homepage highlights recent research, publications, findings, etc. on chem-bio issues
Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page – a complete list and archive of CNS products and findings on chem-bio arms control and nonproliferation issues
Center for Strategic & International
Studies (CSIS)
Homepage
– a sponsor of the Dark Winter bioterrorism exercise,
CSIS provides numerous resources on bioterrorism and homeland defense; archives
include congressional testimony on bioterrorism and homeland defense
Federation of American Scientists
Chemical & Biological Arms Control Program
– Program covers all aspects of
CBW and their control; concentrates, at present,
on BW proliferation; a major focus is the strengthening of the BWC with cooperative measures for the prevention of infectious
disease
Terrorism and WMD – a good resource on combating WMD terrorism in the United States; the page focuses on preparedness and possible responses
Frontline
Plague War: A report on the biological weapons threat and how the Soviet Union secretly amassed an arsenal of bio-weapons, October 1998
– a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary series; includes information on the South African CBW program, the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, interviews and frequently asked questions (FAQs) on BW
Green Cross
International
Homepage
– the international arms control group established in
Moscow by Mikhail Gorbachev; homepage highlights recent research
Harvard-Sussex Program
on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
Homepage
– a long-standing collaboration
between Harvard University in the United States and the University of Sussex
in the United Kingdom; the Program's aim is to promote the global elimination
of CBW and the strengthening of constraints against hostile use of
biomedical technologies
Henry L. Stimson Center
Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
Project
– a source of many groundbreaking reports in the field of CBW
nonproliferation; home to the CBW Chronicle and the CBW Terrorism
Responder Forum, an online forum for "first responders"
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
Homepage
– one of the unions of "first responders" to WMD
incidents; check the Stay Safe section for recommendations and other information
on how to respond to CBW incidents
Merchants of Mass Destruction
Homepage
– transcript of a CBS News 60 Minutes II report devoted to the market for WMD in the Northern Frontier of Pakistan; check out the interactive pop-up on CW and BW; the story won the 2002 Radio-Television News Directors Association's Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting segment
NBC Industry Group
Homepage
– an association of about 100 organizations supporting nuclear, biological,
and chemical (NBC) defense; endeavors to provide information on NBC defense;
Group's interests encompass domestic preparedness against chemical and biological
terrorism as well as the CWC and other treaties; some member organizations
are actively involved in programs on CW destruction; website details Group's
efforts
NOVA Online
Bioterror
– the PBS documentary series program NOVA provides this unique compilation of online sources on bioterrorism; the page is based on a special episode of the television news series
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
Homepage
– the NGO set up by former Senator Sam Nunn and philanthropist
Ted Turner; BW and CW sections included; the Global Security Newswire, found
on the homepage, compiles daily press and open source articles on CBW issues and events
Online Newshour Forum
Chemical and Biological Weapons: Could it Happen Here?, February 11, 1998
– one of the original documentaries on the possible effects of chemical and biological
terrorism in the United States; website attempts to answer insightful questions
on how to respond to such terrorism
Potomac Institute
for Policy Studies
Homepage
– homepage highlights recent reports, studies and
publications
Countering Biological Terrorism Project – Project performs research on bioterrorism and brings together technical experts and policymakers to limit U.S. vulnerability to bioterrorism in the 21st century; articles, briefings and conference proceedings provided as resources
SIPRI
Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
– the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI); one of the most authoritative websites on chemical and biological warfare;
numerous publications on the issues; listserves also available
Strengthening the Biological
and Toxin Weapons Convention and Preventing Biological Warfare Research Project
Homepage
– the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom provides one of the premier websites on preventing biological warfare; the Project closely follows developments in strengthening the BWC; reproduces and disseminates all VEREX and Ad Hoc Group (AHG) documents produced at Geneva since 1991; and provides analysis of each AHG meeting
VERTIC
Homepage
– the Verification, Research, Training, & Information Centre; an NGO based in the United Kingdom, promotes effective and efficient verification to ensure confidence in the implementation of international agreements and intra-national agreements; maintains an On-Site Inspections Project, which covers the CWC in part, and a BWC project
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