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Overturning Roe, a New Mental Health Hotline, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how repealing Roe v. Wade could affect women in the military, whether America is prepared to launch a new emergency mental health hotline, Russia's war in Ukraine, and more.
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Jul 1, 2022

Biological Weapons and Warfare

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Could the Bioweapons Treaty Be Another Tool for Addressing Pandemics?
What might governments do to reduce the risk of future large-scale biological attacks or naturally occurring pandemics? Perhaps now is the right time to revisit the 46-year-old Biological Weapons Convention treaty and make it a better tool against future biological threats.
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Mar 12, 2021
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Emergency Preparedness

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Achieving the Trump Administration's National Biodefense Strategy
The Trump administration recently published its National Biodefense Strategy, which says that managing the risk of biological threats is in the “vital interest” of the United States, however they might present. The document provides a solid foundation, but more may be required to fully realize its goals and objectives.
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Oct 2, 2018
RealClearDefense
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Bioterrorism

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A Countering Bioterrorism Facility Worth a Second Look
President Trump's proposed budget would close a laboratory dedicated to countering bioterrorism and providing the science behind bioterrorism response and recovery. Policymakers should assess whether the lab's capabilities are worth the price when weighed against the potential cost of a bioterror attack.
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Jun 7, 2017
The Hill
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Biotechnology

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Can the Bioweapons Convention Survive Crispr?
Crispr is a biotechnology that's making genetic editing easier, cheaper, and far more accessible, but it has also been called a major security threat. Do such advances in biotechnology make the bioweapons convention obsolete?
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Jul 29, 2016
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Bioterrorism

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Countering Bioterror
While advances in biotechnology have brought a wide range of benefits, biological weapons are now within the reach of many rogue nations and possibly some terrorist groups. Reports show that the U.S. is ill prepared to address this threat.
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Jan 18, 2016
The Cipher Brief
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Biological Weapons and Warfare

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The U.S. Needs to Exercise Leadership at the Biological Weapons Convention
The world is one rogue microbiologist away from a potentially devastating biological attack. In this new, evolving environment, the United States should establish its goals and objectives and build coalitions to help meet them.
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Dec 28, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Intelligence Collection

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The Faceless National Security Threat
The rapid, uncontrolled spread of aggressive diseases such as Ebola is often a matter of national security. U.S. intelligence professionals must establish relevant information collection and dissemination mechanisms to deal with such contingencies.
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Sep 10, 2014
U.S. News & World Report
Peter Chalk
Public Health Preparedness

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Tuberculosis Outbreak in LA Reminds Us of Importance of 'Bread and Butter' Public Health Capabilities
In this fiscally uncertain climate, we should continue to leverage the dual-use benefit of bioterrorism investments by building and maintaining those routine (but essential) public health capabilities that can also be used in response to a variety of public health emergencies.
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Mar 12, 2013
The RAND Blog
Shoshana R. Shelton
Emergency Preparedness

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Far More U.S. Health Security Research Effort Aimed at Bioterrorism than Natural Disasters
Given the broad range of threats facing the United States, including those related to extreme weather, it is imperative that monies invested in enhancing health security be well spent, writes Shoshana Shelton.
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Dec 3, 2012
The RAND Blog
Shoshana R. Shelton
Public Health Preparedness

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Heed Film Lessons on Outbreak
To assure the health security of the United States, we must be capable of stopping anything a terrorist or Mother Nature might throw at us. Wholesale cuts to public health are taking us farther from that goal, write Art Kellermann and Melinda Moore.
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Dec 29, 2011
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Arthur L. Kellermann, Melinda Moore
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Looking for 'High Noon' in a Hundred Years' War
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Aug 22, 2004
San Diego Union Tribune
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
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U.S. Foreign Policy Must Include the Eradication of Dangerous Diseases
commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
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Jul 14, 2003
Modern Healthcare
Kenneth Shine, C. Ross Anthony
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Deny Victory to Anthrax Terrorists
By keeping in mind the modest scope of the anthrax attacks and not overreacting, we deny the perpetrators of these attacks their objective of terrorizing us into doing what they want us to do. These anthrax cases do, however, highlight some areas for improvement in America's response that can help reduce fear and anxiety, thereby denying the terrorists their objective.
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Oct 17, 2001
International Herald Tribune
John V. Parachini @JohnParachini

Quoted

The COP decisionmaking process reflects its members' consensus views. And therein lies the problem. The Paris Agreement should have achieved the socially better outcomes of binding emissions control to finance and binding each country to its target of emissions and finance.…That it did not do so was because the coalitions' views prevailed rather than the social good.

Rafiq Dossani

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

Source: United Press International

Women have fought in wars for as long as humans have waged them. Yet that long history has been either lost or purposefully hidden, complicating efforts to expand women's military roles even as we have steadily gained greater equality in other fields.

Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Association of the U.S. Army

What Climate-Related Conflict Could Mean for U.S. Central Command

National Identity and the Origins of the War in Ukraine

Book Review: 'Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat' by Sarah Percy

Creating the Uncrewed-Centric Navy of the Mid–21st Century

The Safety and Security of the U.S. Maritime Environment

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Bioterrorism

Overturning Roe, a New Mental Health Hotline, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap

Could the Bioweapons Treaty Be Another Tool for Addressing Pandemics?

Achieving the Trump Administration's National Biodefense Strategy

A Countering Bioterrorism Facility Worth a Second Look

Can the Bioweapons Convention Survive Crispr?

Countering Bioterror

The U.S. Needs to Exercise Leadership at the Biological Weapons Convention

The Faceless National Security Threat

Tuberculosis Outbreak in LA Reminds Us of Importance of 'Bread and Butter' Public Health Capabilities

Far More U.S. Health Security Research Effort Aimed at Bioterrorism than Natural Disasters

Heed Film Lessons on Outbreak

Looking for 'High Noon' in a Hundred Years' War

U.S. Foreign Policy Must Include the Eradication of Dangerous Diseases

Deny Victory to Anthrax Terrorists

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