A project by Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, on lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs was written about in Science. “The number of high-containment labs studying the deadliest known pathogens is booming. A new analysis warns the growing number of labs is raising risks of […]
Global Biosafety Fears Grow Amid Rise in Labs Handling Dangerous Pathogens
Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke with Newsweek about lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs. “We urgently need coordinated international action to address increasing bio-risks,” Gregory Koblentz, an author of the report with the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, said in […]
Evolving Threats, Un-evolving Solutions: Geo-Politicization of Export Control Policy
by Sophy Macartney* Export control regimes are one of the cornerstones of global non-proliferation efforts, aiming to keep potentially dangerous technologies out of the hands of possible aggressors. Since the Cold War, export control regimes have aimed for inclusiveness and avoided targeting specific states while including states with problematic export histories in hopes they would […]
Fact Sheet: The Australia Group
At a Glance The Australia Group (AG) is a group of 42 countries and the European Union dedicated to preventing the spread and proliferation of chemical and biological weapons through the coordination of export control policies. The AG facilitates compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). All […]
Fact Sheet: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
Nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) are regional agreements that ban the development, manufacturing, control, possession, testing, stationing and transport of nuclear weapons in a given area. These prohibitions are based on treaties that commit signatories to international verification, control and compliance systems. The aim of these accords is to strengthen global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament norms. There […]
