Confidence‐building measures for the BTWC: Performance and potential

Nonproliferation Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 24-42

  Hunger, Iris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Technische Universität   (Germany)

^c Ad Hoc Group of States Parties   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33644763845     PISSN: 10736700     EISSN: 17461766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10736700008436823     Document Type: Article

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