Biological

H5N1 Research Unleashes Unprecedented Dual-Use Research Controversy

Will results provide help to public health experts or future bioterrorists?

Lucky Number Seven?

The Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference adopted a document with proposals to strengthen and improve the Convention.

Germ Gambits: The Bioweapons Dilemma, Iraq and Beyond

Compelling story of how UN inspectors in the 1990s unearthed the true extent of Iraq’s bioweapons program.

Bioterrorism: Clear and Present Danger or Self Fulfilling Prophecy?

A breakfast briefing held by The Nonproliferation Review on March 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Federal Funding to Combat Terrorism, Including Defense against Weapons of Mass Destruction

August 17, 2008 FY 1998-2001 Jump to chart: Govt-wide | USDA | DOC | DOE | EPA | FEMA | GSA | HHS | Interior | DOJ | FBI | Nat’l Security Community | NRC | DOS | Transportation | Treasury | USAID Items in italics represent total funding for combating terrorism. All other items […]

Iraq Documents

UNSCOM seeks document from Iraqi side in order to have a full understanding of the way those weapons were conceived, produced and in some cases destroyed.

Chronology of Major Events in the History of Biological and Chemical Weapons

Updated August 2008

Chemical and Biological Weapons: Possession and Programs Past and Present

This chart summarizes data available from open sources. Updated March 2008.

SARS Virus, WikiMedia Commons

Beijing on Biohazards

The report is a collection of essays by top Chinese & Western experts.

The Promise and Potential Risks of Synthetic Biology

Luncheon briefing on synthetic biology featuring Dr. Raymond Zilinskas with Amy E. Smithson offering feedback and commentary.