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Challenge 10: Transnational security threats – new research and converging strategies

(The Conversation) … Overlooked is Obama’s National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats. Gregory Koblentz contends in International Affairs that Obama’s strategy is preventative; that its definition of biosecurity focuses on improving global health security (pandemics and disease prevention); and that intelligence and law enforcement personnel must work more closely with the life sciences and public  Read More »

EU Sets Restrictions on Dual-Use Exports to Syria

(Global Security Newswire) European Union nations as of Sunday were prohibited from exporting to Syria select products that could be used in the production of chemical or biological warfare agents. The European Council on Friday signed off on a set of bans and restrictions on sales of luxury and “dual-use” items to the Middle Eastern  Read More »

Report: Congo fever kills 14 in Iran over 2 years

(Trend.az) Azerbaijan, Baku – During the past two years, 14 people have died in Iran as a result of sporadic cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), Jam-e Jam Persian language daily reported. The importation of livestock to Iran from eastern borders has been the cause of the spread of the disease, which has contacted 114  Read More »

FMD strain in Kyrgyzstan infects vaccinated livestock

(CattleNetwork.com) new strain of foot-and-mouth disease poses a serious threat to the livestock industry in Kyrgyzstan as a significant number of livestock have already been infected. The unknown strain of FMD discovered in the republic of Kyrgyzstan, bordering the northwest side of China, even infects vaccinated cattle. According to Global Meat News, farmers affected by  Read More »

Pentagon Readies Plans for Securing Syrian Chem, Bio Sites

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. armed forces have blueprinted how service members would carry out a number of potential missions related to Syria, including a possible instruction to secure sensitive chemical and biological installations in the internally embattled Middle Eastern nation, government sources said in a Thursday report by CNN. Insiders said a Defense Department  Read More »

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