Regime security : a new theory for understanding the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons /
KOBLENTZ Gregory D
Regime security : a new theory for understanding the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons / Gregory D Koblenz. - 2013
Puts the case for better understanding of the influence regime security has on the possibility that governments which lack political legitimacy may develop chemical and biological weapons. Notes that for non-legitiamte leaders regime survival often equates to personal physical survival and internal threats are generally considered more dangerous than external ones. The article refers to Syria and South Africa as examples of chem-bio weapons developers.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Regime security : a new theory for understanding the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons / Gregory D Koblenz. - 2013
Puts the case for better understanding of the influence regime security has on the possibility that governments which lack political legitimacy may develop chemical and biological weapons. Notes that for non-legitiamte leaders regime survival often equates to personal physical survival and internal threats are generally considered more dangerous than external ones. The article refers to Syria and South Africa as examples of chem-bio weapons developers.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS