TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense: From Foreign Assistance to Sustainable Partnerships SN - 978-0-309-11158-4 DO - 10.17226/12005 PY - 2007 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12005/the-biological-threat-reduction-program-of-the-department-of-defense PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Conflict and Security Issues AB - 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. ER -