The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense

This Congressionally-mandated report identifies areas for further cooperation with Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union under the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program of the Department of Defense in the specific area of prevention of proliferation of biological weapons. The report reviews relevant U.S. government programs, and particularly the CTR program, and identifies approaches for overcoming obstacles to cooperation and for increasing the long-term impact of the program. It recommends strong support for continuation of the CTR program.National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on Prevention of Proliferation of Biological Weapons Staff is the author of 'The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense', published 2007 under ISBN 9780309111584 and ISBN 0309111587.