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100 1 _aKOBLENTZ Gregory D
245 _aRegime security :
_ba new theory for understanding the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons /
_cGregory D Koblenz.
260 _c2013
520 _aPuts 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.
650 _aCHEMICAL WEAPONS
650 _aBIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
773 _aContemporary Security Policy :
_g Vol 34 No 3, December 2013, pp. 501-525 (104)
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2013.842298
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