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.

Table of Contents


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