Current WMD Challenges in the Middle East

Abstract

The September 11th attacks and events that followed have again focused the U.S. administration, intelligence community, and Department of Defense on the danger that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) could be acquired by adversary states or non-state actors. Two threats in the Middle East currently stand out among the rest: Al-Qaeda's announced efforts to make or acquire WMD, and the suspected resumption of Iraq's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA527143

Entities

People

  • Jack Boureston
  • James Russell III
  • Peter Lavoy

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Biological Weapons
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Department Of Defense
  • International Security
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Recreation
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.