CITS is forging ties with the University of Georgia biological and chemical research communities, for instance the University's Biomedical & Health Sciences Institute, to begin examining security practices at laboratories and facilities that handle pathogens, chemicals, and other materials that could be used to produce chemical or biological weapons. This joint enterprise will extend the insights CITS has gleaned from studying nuclear security culture into new disciplines, further enhancing national and international security.
The Center's WMD Security Policy Program conducts policy research, training, and outreach aimed at improving the security of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological materials that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. The program's objective is to strengthen the international standards that pertain to these deadly materials and to persuade governments and international institutions to work together to control them.
