"The authors provide a thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the biological warfare problem in its various geopolitical contexts and an assessment of the options for addressing it and for strengthening the global ban on biological weapons. These are vital global issues and this book performs a critical service by including the views and analyses of noted experts from around the world."  —Michael Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies

"In this timely and important volume, Susan Wright has assembled contributions from a wide range of scholars and analysts representing several disciplines and areas of the world. They challenge the narrow, conventional understandings of the threat of biological warfare as emanating solely from 'rogue states' and terrorists. Instead the authors describe the origins and legacy of major biological weapons and defence programmes in the Soviet Union and the United States; present perspectives from the Middle East, India, and China; and assess the prospects for the barriers to effective disarmament. Particularly innovative are Wright's analyses drawing connections between the biotechnology industry, economic development in the Third World, and the prospects for implementing a regime prohibiting biological warfare."  —Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University, USA.