No. 321: The Biological Weapons Ban and Scientific Progress

Author(s): Sophie Reiners, Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series Editor(s): Névine Schepers, Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 321
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Rapidly developing life sciences produce many exciting and useful innovations, for example in the fight against disease. However, with such powerful advancements also comes the possibility of military misuse. There is therefore an urgent need to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention. The results of the Ninth Review Conference of this Convention may make this possible.

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