Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy offers a history of the Soviet Union's biological weapons program.

Business Executives for National Security describe the nature of international security in the post-cold war as instable and dangerous to the US.

Microbiologist offers an explanation of biological weapons for non-science majors. Read this chapter and link to other resources.

October 2001 presentation outlines procedures for protecting California's state buildings and employees from biological weapons. Watch the video, or read the transcript.

CSB&EI presents its research into biological weapons threats and treatment. Find suggestions for planning responses to this sort of terrorist attack.

Furnishes an introduction on this class of warfare, along with a listing of agents and production and delivery information.

"Germ warfare research is accelerating, using gene technology - can it be stopped?"

Journal of the American Medical Association presents articles on biological attacks. Learn about prevention and treatment of such potential weapons as ebola and anthrax.

Discover recommendations of the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense on fighting a botulism epidemic caused by terrorists. The article is from February 2001.

Medical and military representatives produced this article on dealing with a bubonic plague attack. Recommendations cover treatment and containment of the disease.

Article examines possible responses to a terrorist attack using this disease. Read the recommendations of the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense.

Report from Monterey Institute of Internat'l Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies offers the response protocol of U.S. gov't in event of bio-chem terrorist attack.

Explains the use of poison gases and human diseases for combat purposes and the international legislation to control their employment.

Read a collection of articles from the pages of New Scientist magazine on the threat of bioterrorism. Learn about countermeasures and defenses.

Presents the transcript of Dr. Kenneth Alibek, former head of Russia s biological warfare program, testimony before the House Subcommittee on National Security.

Find a history of biological weapons development and read interviews with scientists and government officials in charge of bioweapons programs.

Features an article that examines the threats to US security in relation to biological weapons, plus possible nuclear sabotage and chemical warfare.

UM's Center for International and Security Studies presents a white paper from a July, 2000 conference assessing the threats of biological warfare in the United States.

Report from Dr. David Franz examines the threats of bioterrorism against US agriculture, accompanied by charts and bullet points.

Presents a December 1999 PDF formatted newsletter from the Farm Services Agency about the threat of bioterrorism on the nation's livestock.

Learn more about a research center created to keep the US safe and ready to respond to outbreaks of diseases, like foot-and-mouth disease, in an emergency situation.

Features a Web edition of a 1988 smallpox report by F. Fenner, D.A. Henderson, I. Arita, Z. Jezek amd I.D. Ladnyi. Presented in pages and chapters.