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.

• Front Matter
• Summary
• Introduction
• 1 Security Context for the Biological Threat Reduction Program
• 2 Achievements of the Biological Threat Reduction Program
• 3 U.S. Government-Wide Biological Threat Reduction Programs and Interagency Coordination
• 4 Overcoming Obstacles Confronting the Biological Threat Reduction Program
• 5 Future of the Biological Threat Reduction Program
• 6 Recommendations
• Appendix A Committee Biographies
• Appendix B Extracts from Recent National Research Council Reports
• Appendix C Relevant Reports by the National Academies
• Appendix D Relevant Recent Reports by the U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Appendix E Other Reports of Interest
• Appendix F Research Projects Supported under the Cooperative Biological Research Program
• Appendix G Agenda of February 7, 2007, Committee Meeting
• Appendix H Foreign Colleagues Who Participated in Discussions of BTRP in Garmisch, Germany