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Can the Biological Weapons Convention Keep Pace with Biotechnology?
Original: Bioterrorism In The Age Of Biotechnology: Can The BWC Keep Pace? – OpEd
An opinion piece argues that rapid advances in biotechnology, including gene editing and synthetic biology, are outstripping the ability of the Biological Weapons Convention to prevent bioterrorism. It raises questions about whether the treaty's verification mechanisms, which have long been weak or absent, can address risks posed by increasingly accessible tools that could be misused to create biological weapons.
Why now: Growing concern that new biotech tools make bioweapons easier to develop while the main treaty lacks enforcement power.
Biological Weapons ConventionEurasia Review
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