Biological Weapons Convention

Experts Respond to Obama Bioweapons Announcement

Friday, December 11, 2009

Below the jump are a few responses issued by bioweapons policy experts in response to the Obama administration’s announcement on Wednesday and release of its biothreat strategy. Longer strides are being called for…

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Obama Bioweapons Strategy Skirts Verification Protocol

Thursday, December 10, 2009

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(published on Nukes of Hazard) The Obama administration in Geneva yesterday formally revealed its new strategy for strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Anticipating the release of the White House’s “National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats,” Dr. Jonathan Tucker, a senior fellow with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told Global Security Newswire last Friday: “What’s [...]

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Things Astir in the Biological Realm: The Nexus of Domestic and International Action

Friday, October 2, 2009

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In the commotion of European missile defense, UN nuclear speeches, Security Council nuclear resolutions, and Iranian and Korean developments, it becomes very easy to miss the developments in another world, one that may very well be just as critical and threatening as strategic nuclear concerns: that of the biological. Encouraging things are astir in the [...]

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An Open Letter to Deans and Directors of Undergraduate Life Sciences Programs

Monday, August 24, 2009

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To the Representatives of Undergraduate Life Sciences Programs across the World, Within the life sciences curriculum of colleges around the world exists an exigent academic gap.

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Transparency Challenges in the Biological Weapons Convention and Biotechnology

Friday, August 21, 2009

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International Competition Another troublesome element of the biological dual-use dilemma, which I did not develop in my earlier post here, is the possibility of dangerous international competition. National research agendas, aimed at maintaining technological parity or advantages, could push the pace of advancements in the biological sciences at an incredible speed, perhaps thrusting research programs into [...]

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