Living weapons: biological warfare and international security
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In: Cornell studies in security affairs
In: The Washington quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 2, p. 177-196
ISSN: 1530-9177
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Volume 26, Issue 5-6, p. 575-598
ISSN: 1746-1766
In: Health security, Volume 15, Issue 6, p. 620-628
ISSN: 2326-5108
In: The journal of strategic studies, Volume 41, Issue 3, p. 372-409
ISSN: 1743-937X
In: The journal of strategic studies, p. 1-38
ISSN: 0140-2390
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Volume 21, Issue 1, p. 99-103
ISSN: 1746-1766
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 93, Issue 1
ISSN: 0015-7120
Between 1950 and 1980, the United States experienced a reported 32 'broken arrows,' the military's term for accidents involving nuclear weapons. The last of these occurred in September 1980, at a U.S. Air Force base in Damascus, Arkansas. It started when a young technician performing routine maintenance on a Titan II missile housed in an underground silo dropped a socket wrench. The wrench punctured the missile's fuel tank. As the highly toxic and flammable fuel leaked from the missile, officers and airmen scrambled to diagnose the problem and fix it. Adapted from the source document.
In: Contemporary security policy, Volume 34, Issue 3, p. 501-525
ISSN: 1743-8764
In: Contemporary security policy, Volume 34, Issue 3, p. 501-525
ISSN: 1352-3260, 0144-0381
World Affairs Online
In: Terrorism and political violence, Volume 24, Issue 5, p. 860-861
ISSN: 1556-1836
In: International affairs, Volume 88, Issue 1, p. 131-148
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: International affairs, Volume 88, Issue 1, p. 131-148
ISSN: 0020-5850
The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), the first international treaty to outlaw an entire class of weapons, was held in Geneva in December 2011. On 7 December, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became the highest-ranking US government official to address a BWC meeting. Secretary Clinton told the assembled delegation that 'we view the risk of bioweapons attack as both a serious national security challenge and a foreign policy priority'. At the same time, she warned that a large-scale disease outbreak 'could cripple an already fragile global economy'. Secretary Clinton's speech reflected a new understanding that the range of biological threats to international security has expanded from state-sponsored biological warfare programmes to include biological terrorism, dual-use research and naturally occurring infectious diseases such as pandemics. Recognizing these changes, President Barack Obama released a new national strategy for countering biological threats in 2009. This strategy represents a shift in thinking away from the George W. Bush administration's focus on biodefence, which emphasized preparing for and responding to biological weapon attacks, to the concept of biosecurity, which includes measures to prevent, prepare for and respond to naturally occurring and man-made biological threats. The Obama administration's biosecurity strategy seeks to reduce the global risk of naturally occurring and deliberate disease outbreaks through prevention, international cooperation, and maximizing synergies between health and security. The biosecurity strategy is closely aligned with the Obama administration's broader approach to foreign policy, which emphasizes the pragmatic use of smart power, multilateralism and engagement to further the national interest. This article describes the Obama administration's biosecurity strategy; highlights elements of continuity and change from the policies of the Bush administration; discusses how it fits into Obama's broader foreign policy agenda; and analyses critical issues that will have to be addressed in order to implement the strategy successfully. (International Affairs (Oxford) / SWP)
World Affairs Online
In: Terrorism and political violence, Volume 24, Issue 5, p. 860-861
ISSN: 0954-6553
In: Terrorism and political violence, Volume 23, Issue 4, p. 501-520
ISSN: 1556-1836