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A golden-white smoke wafts in the air around South Korean anti-terrorist soldiers take part in an anti-terror drill to prepare for chemical and drone attacks, at Korea International Exhibition Center, in Goyang, South Korea, on October 27, 2022.

A Plan B to Strengthen Biosafety and Biosecurity

by Gregory D. Koblentz, Filippa Lentzos

A "minilateral" approach is needed to strengthen global biorisk management

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an address where he says that Russian forces could use chemical weapons in Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2022 i

The World is Unprepared for the Unthinkable

by Brian McCloskey, Jennifer B. Nuzzo, David Heymann

A biological attack anywhere would have profound and far-reaching political, military, and health consequences

White flags placed across 20 acres of the National Mall represent Americans who have died of COVID-19. The Washington Monument stands in the distance, in Washington, D.C., September 2021.
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Biodefense Leadership and National Security: Lessons from the Goldwater-Nichols Reforms

by Kenneth Bernard

The U.S. government needs transformational reform to combat threats to health security