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Biological Weapons Update

Between October 2003 and January 2008, BASIC provided free, bi-monthly email updates on the latest developments in the biological weapons debate. Analysis of the latest news was offered (with a strong emphasis on US debates), along with a selection of information and articles illustrating new trends in policy and public opinion. These Biological Weapons Updates are available below. The South African-based Institute for Security Studies (www.issafrica.org) took over publication of the Biological Weapons Update in February 2008.

Previous editions of Biological Weapons Update are available below. To subscribe to BASIC's Email Updates, please go to the Email Updates Subscription page. Previous editions of Getting to Zero Update, Iran Update, NATO Update and Missile Defence Update are also available.

18 September 2007

• Arms Control
• Bio-Safety in U.S. Laboratories
• Foot and Mouth Outbreak in the U.K.
• Bio-terrorism
• Publications

26 July 2007

• Biotechnology
• Laboratories
• Terrorism
• United States
• Vaccines
• Publications

31 May 2007

• U.S. bio-defense
• Bio-security lapses in Denmark
• Smallpox
• Anthrax vaccine
• Publications

27 March 2007

• Biodefense
• Bioterrorism
• Laboratories
• Smallpox
• Publications

31 January 2007

• Arms Control - Sixth BWC Review Conference
• U.S. Laboratories
• Bioterrorism
• Publications
• Websites

8 November 2006

• Launch of Briefing Book for the BWC Sixth Review Conference 2006
• Arms Control
• Bioterrorism
• Laboratories
• Vaccines
• Publications

30 September 2006

• Project Bio-shield
• Bio-terrorism
• News from the U.S. laboratories
• Smallpox
• Publications and Websites

27 July 2006

• International bioterrorism convention
• Laboratories news
• Smallpox research
• Bird Flu vaccine breakthrough
• Proposals to strengthen the BTWC
• Publications

30 June 2006

• Tightening bio-controls
• New laboratories: plans and objections
• Public health preparedness for attack
• CTR Program lives another year
• WHO deadlock on destruction of smallpox stocks
• Pinochet bioweapon program used for killing
• WWII Japanese germ warfare
• Publications

23 May 2006

• Anthrax
• Biological Weapons Convention
• Developments at U.S. Laboratories
• Online Resources
• Other Publications

30 April 2006

• Anthrax developments
• Control in the former Soviet Union
• Deliberate deceptions over Iraqi mobile laboratories
• Laboratories news
• Planning for bio-terrorism
• Smallpox vaccinations live on
• Publications
• Websites

30 March 2006

• International Action
• Bioterror debate
• US preparedness
• US Laboratory construction
• Vaccines
• Publications

28 February 2006

• International Cooperation on Control
• US Laboratories news
• Vaccines
• Distorted US Priorities
• Biowarfare
• Publications

31 January 2006

• Anthrax
• East Asian Legislation
• New Laboratory facilities
• Smallpox vaccines
• Counter-terrorism
• Publications and Websites

12 December 2005

• Anthrax breakthrough
• Laboratories... the contracts continue to flow
• US Legislation in the pipeline cause for concern
• Concerns remain over Russian security
• Clear and present threat of bioterror
• Websites and Publications

10 November 2005

• Concern grows over influenza outbreak
• Biosafety
• Inadequate first response
• Lab news

• Vaccine contract
• Publications

7 October 2005

• US Anthrax production
• Bioweapon transfers from Azerbaijan to United States
• Ukrainian controls
• State Bioweapons programs a greater threat than bioterrorism
• Japanese regulation
• US Laboratory development
• United Kingdom funders tighten controls
• United Kingdom funders tighten controls
• Publications

5 September 2005

• United States
  • Biosecurity
  • Project Bioshield
  • Export Controls
  • New BL-4 Laboratory Under Construction
  • Biodefense Research
• Origins of Iraq’s Anthrax Program: An Oxford Cow and U.S. Exports
• Japanese Germ Warfare in WWII
• Vaccines
• Events
• Publications

28 July 2005

• Biodefense institutions strengthened in the US
• Low take-up on military vaccinations
• Avian Flu
• UK Cold War plans
• Events
• Publications

5 July 2005

• Avian Flu
• Biodefense research in the US
• Talk on terror
• Events
• Publications

1 June 2005

• Agroterrorism
• Biological Weapons Convention
• Cuba
• First Response
• Military
• Smallpox
• Sudan
• Terrorism
• Vaccines
• Publications

26 April 2005

• Australia Group
• Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention
• Biowatch
• Control
• Cuba
• Influenza
• Laboratories
• Ricin
• Russia
• Vaccines
• Publications

March 2005

• 30th Anniversary of BTWC
• Biodefense
• Laboratories
• Public Health
• Terrorism
• Vaccines
• Publications
• Links

February 2005

• Bioterror
• Canada
• Laboratories
• Vaccines
• Smallpox
• Publications

January 2005

• US Agriculture Regulations
• Biological Weapons Convention statement of Parties
• Kazakhstan-US bio-terrorist agreement
• Proliferation of US Laboratories
• Illegal US military deployment
• Smallpox at WHO
• Vaccines
• Terrorism
• Publications

December 2004

• U.S. Biodefense
• The Biological Weapons Convention
• U.S. Laboratories
• ICRC Guidelines
• Smallpox
• Vaccines
• Publications

November 2004

• Bioshield
• Defense
• Iraq Survey Group
• Laboratories
• Smallpox
• Threat Assessment
• Publications

September 2004

• Anthrax
• Arms Control
• Biotechnology
• Cuba
• Bio-safety at U.S. laboratories
• Restrictions on biotechnology research
• U.S. biodefense research
• U.S. vaccine stockpiles
• Publications

August 2004

• Arms Control
• Control
• First Response
• Laboratories
• Ricin
• Russia
• Technology
• Publications

July 2004

• Arms Control
• BioDefense
• Bioterrorism
• Iraq
• Laboratories
• Public Health
• South Africa
• Vaccine
• Publications

May 2004

• Strengthening the Prohibition Norm
• US Laboratories
• South Africa
• US Homeland Security and Bioterrorism
• Smallpox Vaccines
• Books

April 2004

• Bioresearch
• Bioterrorism
• Control
• Cuba
• Public Health
• New Publications

March 2004

• Bioterrorism
  • Agriculture
  • Biotechnology
• News from U.S. laboratories
  • Biodefense "Campus" at Fort Detrick
  • Ebola accident
  • New labs at Dugway
• Ricin
• Smallpox
• New Publications

February 2004

• Arms Control
• Biodefense
• Biological Threat Database
• Iraq
• Smallpox
• Surveillance
• Vaccine
• Testing

January 2004

• Arms Control
• U.S. Biodefense
• Iraq
  • CIA Statement
  • UNMOVIC
• Bioterrorism
  • Sensors
  • Threats to Food Supply
  • UK Preparedness Training
  • Terrorist Motivations for Chemical and Biologcial Weapons Use

November 2003

• Biological Weapons Convention
• Developments in the United States
  • Genetically Engineered Viruses
  • Intelligence Assessments
  • Biodefense
  • Proposed Oversight of Biotechnology Research
• Security at Laboratories
• Iraq
• Cooperative Threat Reduction Assistance to Russia
• Smallpox
• New Publications

October 2003

• Biosafety
• Iraq - the hunt for CBW continues
• United States
  • Sales of surplus BW equipment
  • Biotechnology research and bioterrorism
  • Anthrax attacks
• Spanish Flu