The anthrax-laced letters mailed in the fall of 2001 infected twenty-three people and killed five—a toll that only hinted at the damage bioterrorism could cause. In a 2001 government exercise called ...

This year, NATO allies committed to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP annually by 2035. 3.5% will go specifically toward core defense spending. As part of these efforts, it is crucial that all ...

US adversaries have developed more advanced biological weapons programs, without prompting much attention from US ...

Certifying that a building is safe for reoccupation is a complex process that involves decision making on several factors, including sampling procedures and decontamination methods. The process must ...

For decades, America’s strength in national security was measured in terms of military strength (or number of tanks, planes, ships, and troops). But in today’s world, a single line of malicious code ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The Biden administration left the United States underprepared for biological weapon attacks. The United States will host three of the world’s most consequential global events over the next two ...

The prospect of non-State actors, including terrorist groups and their supporters, gaining access to and using weapons and materials of mass destruction is a serious threat to international peace and ...