Since the early 1990s, the United States has been concerned about the diversion of expertise and sensitive information from the nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons complexes of the former Soviet Union (FSU). This documented briefing offers an assesssment of the threat of diversion from the FSU and examines each of its key components, including the nation-states and individuals who seek to illicitly acquire NBC weapons expertise and the institutions and individuals who already have it.

Title taken from PDF title screen (viewed June 21, 2005).

Introduction and analytical approach -- Supply of proliferation-critical knowledge -- Demand of proliferation-critical knowledge -- Barriers to knowledge transfer -- Key findings and policy implications.