Germ-Wars, Treaties, and Global Trust: Demystifying the Biological Weapons Convention

In this episode, Dr. Dinah Nasike is joined by: Dr. Alex Kyabarongo, a veterinarian, former Political Affairs Intern at the Biological Weapons Convention, and currently a Masters of Biodefense Candidate at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University; and Sandra Matinyi, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and the Executive Director of Nuo Bioscience, Uganda. Together, they discuss the Biological Weapons Convention: what is it, why was it created and for whom, and how is it holding up in today's world of rapidly developing science and the escalating risk of epidemics?

Links for more information:

• ScienceDirect
• Siege of Caffa
• British Forces in North America
• Germany's Anthrax Horses
• Japan’s Unit 731 (1930s–1945)
• Rajneesh Cult and Salmonella
• What is dual-use research of concern?
• The German BW Program
• The Japanese BW Program
• The Soviet Biological Weapons Program and Its Legacy in Today’s Russia
• U.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense Programs
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• 1925 Geneva Protocol – UNODA
• Nuo Bioscience
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• Mirror Life Science
• The BWC Confidence-Building Measures
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• Biowarfare, bioterrorism and biocrime: A historical overview on microbial harmful applications - ScienceDirect
• Scythian Wars
• iGEM
• The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)