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President Nixon’s Decision to Renounce the U.S. Offensive Biological Weapons Program
On November 25, 1969, President Richard Nixon announced the end of the U.S. offensive biological weapons program. This case study, the first in the WMD Center Case Study Series, sheds light on the interagency policymaking process at multiple levels of the U.S. national security bureaucracy and shows how the BW decision emerged from a confluence of international, domestic, Read More »
- March 13, 2013
- | Filed under North America, Other, 1951-1975, and 2001-2025
Bioresponse Report Card
The idea for this report card project began late last year, when we asked ourselves the question, “If the nation is unprepared for a biological attack, what more can we do?” Since 2001, the United States government has spent more than $65 billion on biodefense, and yet it has done so without an end-to-end, strategic Read More »
- March 13, 2013
- | Filed under North America, Featured, Report, and 2001-2025
The U.S. Role in Global Polio Eradication
This paper provides an overview of the global polio eradication effort, emphasizing the U.S. role. The purpose is to explain how the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) came to where it is today and discuss plans for moving it forward. The focus on the United States is not meant to detract from the enormous international Read More »
- December 18, 2012
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, Report, and 2001-2025
A Peer-Review Mechanism for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
Few issues are more sensitive than that of verification of the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC). Since the collapse of the Protocol discussions in 2001, there has been much debate as to how—in the absence of agreement among states parties—to strengthen compliance with the BTWC regime. Two intersessional processes have generated valuable ideas on Read More »
- December 12, 2012
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Report, and 2001-2025
The Project BioShield Act: Issues for the 112th Congress
“In 2004, Congress passed the Project BioShield Act (P.L. 108-276) to provide the federal government with new authorities related to the development, procurement, and use of medical countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism agents. As the expiration of some of these authorities approaches, Congress is considering whether these authorities have sufficiently contributed Read More »
- October 26, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
