biological
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BRIEFER: Pathogen Early Warning – New Technologies and Approaches
By Bill Beaver, Sid Sharma M.D., Dr. Jacob Swett, Dr. Nikki Teran, Dr. Natasha Bajema, and Dr. Yong-Bee Lim For the world to be ready for the next pathogen outbreak, it needs to bolster early warning via technologies like metagenomic sequencing, which represents one of the most important avenues for addressing future infectious disease outbreaks. …
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BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 3 – The Biological Threat Reduction Program
By Bill Beaver, Christine Parthemore, and Dr. Nikki Teran Today the Nolan Center, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing a briefer on the future of a key yet little-known U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) program for addressing biological threats – the Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP). The first case of COVID-19…
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We’re Hiring: Full Time Position for Addressing Biological Threats
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a full-time team member focused on addressing biological threats. This is an entry-level position. The person in this role will work closely with CSR’s CEO Christine Parthemore, Senior Fellow Andy Weber, and others from the CSR team and network. The person filling this role will: Assist…
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Initial Reactions to the Biden Budget: Takes Systemic Security Risks Seriously, But More Is Needed
Perhaps more than any executive branch budget submission in history, the first budget released by the Biden administration today takes the gravity of transnational, systemic security risks seriously and begins significant investments in addressing them. Yet there will be more work to do past the Fiscal Year 2022 budget in order to ensure that federal…
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Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask Key Nominees On Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Threats
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber As the past few years have taught the United States and the global community, nuclear, chemical, and biological (NCB) threats are both very real and loom larger than they have in the recent past. States such as Russia, Syria, and North Korea have used chemical…
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11 Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask the Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber On April 23rd, 2021, the Biden administration released a list of nominees for positions in national security. Of particular note amongst the impressive list of nominees is Deborah G. Rosenblum for the position of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense…
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6 Key Takeaways from the Biden Administration’s Budget Request & Interim National Security Strategic Guidance
By Yong-Bee Lim and Bill Beaver It is now clear that the Biden administration intends to go big against the greatest global threats we face, a natural response to the devastation of the continuing pandemic, the climate crisis, and other trends. This is an area of significant risk and opportunity for the United States and…
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BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 1
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore, and Andy Weber In 2006, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) launched a program to explore new approaches to combating bioterrorism and biological weapons programs.[1] The vision was a versatile process that can be used to drastically reduce the time from spotting a new threat to the manufacture…
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10 + 10 Over 10: A Funding Vision for the U.S. Fight Against Biological Threats
By Andrew Weber and Yong-Bee Lim Operation Warp Speed – the program of major U.S. government investments that drove the rapid development of multiple vaccines for the COVID-19 virus – teaches us a lesson about how to fund the fight against biological threats in the future. That lesson is about establishing a vision of significant,…