Nolan Center
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The Cyber-Biosecurity Nexus: Key Risks and Recommendations for the United States
Cyber-biosecurity threats are escalating as malicious actors target critical infrastructure, biotech firms, and research institutions. This briefer provides an overview of the trends and critical risks at the nexus of cybersecurity and biosecurity. It then offers high-level recommendations for addressing these risks.
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CSR Biodefense Scorecard: Highlighting Progress on U.S. Policies & CSR Recommendations
As new strategies enter implementation stages, CSR is kicking off a writing series to publicly highlight the progress we are monitoring. This is the first in an ongoing series that will highlight the status of key Nolan Center recommendations we made in the past.
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Expert Reactions to U.S. Department of Defense’s Inaugural Biodefense Posture Review
The inaugural Biodefense Posture Review represents a major step in recognizing the severity that biological threats pose to national security. It reflects the dedication of the DoD to conduct an extensive review of its policies, plans, and authorities, and evaluate the modernization required to successfully achieve the goals of the DoD’s mission as laid out…
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Ending Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Brief History and a Path Forward
It is a dangerous time in history, and the complexity of security risks is not likely to diminish anytime soon. Yet normalizing nuclear threats, and possibly the use of nuclear weapons, is not the answer.
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Key Biodefense Elements in the FY2024 President’s Budget Request
This briefer provides an overview of proposed biodefense spending in the U.S. government’s FY24 budget across all relevant federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and others. The Nolan Center’s analysis is designed to highlight notable changes in funding, potentially important new programs, and areas for improvement in vital…
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Roundup: Nolan Center Experts on the Final Destruction of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile
Several experts at CSR’s Nolan Center hold deep experience in chemical weapons threat reduction and elimination, including oversight of the destruction of the U.S. stockpile and treaty compliance, and weighed in today on the nation’s achievement.
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Finland’s Accession to NATO: An Opportunity to Bolster Europe’s CBRN Defense
Finland’s long tradition of close security cooperation with NATO places the country in a unique position to lead the alliance in building toward the strategic concept of deterrence by denial across the full spectrum of CBRN threats.
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Review: The UK Government’s Updated Biological Security Strategy
The UK has long had strong capabilities for addressing biological risks, yet more than ever its national strategy now recognizes the potential for biological threats to have catastrophic impacts and seeks to continue expanding on lessons from and capabilities developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Another Step Toward a World Without Chemical Weapons
The completion of chemical weapons destruction in Colorado is a strong signal of upholding the norm against possessing and using these brutal weapons. It also stands in stark contrast to the illegal use of chemical weapons in recent years by countries such as Syria and Russia, and concerns that Russia may use them in its…
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Event Summary: Reauthorizing The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act—Perspectives from the White House
On June 7, CSR hosted an event with former Executive Office of the President policymakers on the importance of reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).