Biological Weapons

The current liberal international order is in a state of flux. Some factors contributing to the crisis are the rise of China, an intense backlash against globalisation and institutionalism, and… Continue reading Incoming Turbulence for the Biological Weapons Convention

• Siddhant Bajpai
• January-June 2022
• CBW Magazine

The ninth BWC review conference would get an opportunity to relook at the Convention in terms of its success and challenges ahead. The world is witnessing Russia-Ukraine war and China-Taiwan… Continue reading Ninth Review Meeting of Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Expectations and Challenges

• Anshu Joshi
• January-June 2022
• CBW Magazine

The mysterious origin of Covid-19 has given rise to many debates, allegations, denials and controversies. However, the entire history of biological threats and bio-weapons is full of such denials and… Continue reading Plausible Deniability and Proliferation of Bio-Weapons: The Elephant in the Room

• Mrinmayee Bhushan
• January-June 2022
• CBW Magazine

Bio terrorism is emerging more as possibility in the 21st century not only because of the changing nature of terrorism but also because of rapid growth in life sciences. These developments have been a concern for the BWC regime. In this backdrop the paper discusses the 7th Review Conference which was concluded in December 2011.

• Ajey Lele , Gunjan Singh
• Occasional Papers

It might be difficult to prove any weaponisation intent or man-made origins to the SARS-CoV-2. Yet, the mass deaths and disruption caused by the virus forebodes imminent exploitation of biological agents for political ends.

• A. Vinod Kumar
• May 12, 2020
• IDSA Comments

The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)1 and 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention2 (CWC) serve as the norms against the use of biological and chemical weapons, respectively. However, recent biological and chemical… Continue reading Time to Bolster Global Biological and Chemical Defense Capabilities

• Daniel M Gerstein
• January-June 2019
• CBW Magazine

In June 2018, German police arrested a Tunisian man in Cologne for trying to build a biological weapon using the deadly toxin, ricin.1   In October 2018, researchers flagged a… Continue reading Biological Weapons: The Impact of New Technologies

• Shambhavi Naik
• January-June 2019
• CBW Magazine

Use of biological pathogens to attack populations continues to be one of the major threats today, whether by state actors or in the hands of non-state actors, amorphous entities or… Continue reading The BWC Review: Issues and Challenges

• Manish
• July-December 2016
• CBW Magazine

Numerous planning documents and policy statements are being generated in the lead-up to the Eighth Review Conference to the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) for which Ambassador György… Continue reading Preparations for the Eighth Review Conference to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

• John Hart
• January - June 2016
• CBW Magazine

East and Southeast Asia are known to get affected by various diseases routinely. Particularly, various waterborne and other diseases likely malaria and dengue fever commonly affect the regions. There is a concern that global warming may translate into explosive growth of mosquito-borne diseases. In addition to this, growing number of natural disasters are found escalating the health related challenges. All this eventually poses a threat to health, economic and human security.

• Ajey Lele , Gunjan Singh
• July 01, 2015
• IDSA Comments