Abstract
Multilateral arms control and partial disarmament treaties — such as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC or BTWC) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) — are a product of their geostrategic context. They are constructed and reconstructed by the evolving interests and understandings of the States Parties. Thus, such treaties do not operate in a vacuum, rather they are sculpted by shifting perceptions of, inter alia, security and science. In the BWC and elsewhere, this has resulted in a degree of convergence in states’ treatment of biosecurity.
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Revill, J., Dando, M. (2009). The Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control. In: Rappert, B., Gould, C. (eds) Biosecurity. New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230245730_3
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