The National Interest

The Soviet Union’s Secret Biological Weapons Program Should Give You Nightmares

The investment in Biopreparat reflected a Soviet calculus that biological agents could provide asymmetrical leverage against the West. In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a ...
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The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense: From Foreign Assistance to Sustainable Partnerships

During the past 15 years, the Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) of the Department of Defense (DOD) has carried out activities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and ...
War on the Rocks

The Polish Paradox: Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski and the Ban on Biological Warfare

It was July 4th, 1944 in London and the end of the war in Europe was finally in sight. The previous month, the Allies had liberated Rome and landed in France. In the east, the Soviet Army was rapidly ...
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Governance or Arms Control? The Future of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

The world is a safer place thanks to the effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The convention, which was opened for signature in 1972, prohibits the ...