By Lillian Parr On Monday, November 15, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar to discuss innovative technologies for addressing biological risks and how the U.S. government can most effectively invest in them. These technologies span a broad…
To date, the Biden administration appears to be prioritizing work to address the greatest threats to international security and stability, including biological risks, the security implications of climate change, dramatic ecological disruption, and nuclear threats. Analyzing, anticipating, and addressing these…
Read More The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats
As the world continues to battle COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. Biological threats still pose grave risks to international security and stability, whether they arise by nature, by accident---or through deliberate work…
Read More Last Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons
As the world continues to battle COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. Biological threats still pose grave risks to international security and stability, whether they arise by nature, by accident---or through deliberate work…
Read More Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons
By Christine Parthemore The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) would like to congratulate Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for receiving the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced on October 7th. This prestigious prize was awarded for their work developing…
Read More The Nobel Prize, CRISPR-Cas9 and Biological Threats
By the Hon. Andy Weber and Dr. Richard Pilch On January 1 of this year, a new biosafety lab came online in Kazakhstan. Recently, some voices in China and the Russian Federation have questioned the impetus for the national biosafety…
Read More Kazakhstan’s new national laboratory is a regional resource for a global cause
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has selected its inaugural class of the Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs. In this one-year program, five Fellows will work with leading experts from CSR’s team and network to generate ideas for ending the…
Read More CSR Announces Inaugural Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs
As the world continues to grapple with the devastation of an ongoing pandemic from a novel coronavirus, the Council on Strategic Risks is doing all it can to help inform response decisions and mitigate future biological threats. To help advance this…
Read More CSR Receives Grant for Reducing Biological Threats
