In 2001, senior U.S. policymakers converged to participate in the still famous Dark Winter exercise. The exercise contemplated a covert, bioterrorist attack against the U.S… However, a decade and a half later, as the nation faced the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis, assessments of the U.S. government response led to a sobering conclusion: The U.S. still has not learned the lessons of Dark Winter...
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Featured Article: Defining “Surety” Within the Interagency
Featured article:
Defining “Surety” Within the Interagency
by Punna Khanna Hayes
The fundamental differences between nuclear weapons, chemical agents, and biological select agents and toxins (BSAT) and the different ways in which interagency personnel interact with these materials necessitate different variations in protocols for their handling. These differences and handling… Read More
Featured Article: The Interagency’s “WMD” Terminology Problem
Featured article:
The Interagency’s “WMD” Terminology Problem
by Alexi Franklin
The terms “weapons of mass destruction (WMD),” “chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN),” and “chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE)” are found throughout the interagency, and they are treated essentially as synonyms. In important ways, however, these terms highlight… Read More
Featured Article: Advancing Bio Detection with Biosensors and Nanotechnology…
Featured article:
Advancing Bio Detection with Biosensors and Nanotechnology for Rapid Interagency Response
by Habi Mojidi
Any effective bio surveillance system must be able to detect the presence of biological agents with sufficient speed and adequate attribution to facilitate an effective interagency response and thwart a crisis. The U.S. currently… Read More
Featured Article: Entomological “Weapons” of Mass Destruction
Featured article:
Entomological “Weapons” of Mass Destruction
by Thomas F. Moore
Although states have used a variety of systems to deliver weapons of mass destruction (WMD), we are, in fact, surrounded by practically ubiquitous delivery vehicles for WMD, insects, for example. States have worked to seize the benefits of these… Read More
Featured Article: Enhanced Research into Synthetic Biology
Featured article:
Enhanced Research into Synthetic Biology
by Sean R. Watterson
Synthetic biology is a field of science that draws from methodologies found in engineering disciplines, such as computer engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, and computer science, to construct new biological systems or modify existing ones. The field has the… Read More
InterAgency Journal 10-2
Inside this issue:
Features
Situating Weapons of Mass Destruction in our Interagency Thinking
by Amy J. Nelson and John Mark Mattox
Enhanced Research into Synthetic Biology
by Sean R. Watterson
The Interagency Challenges of Hypersonic Strike Weapons
by Richard C. Robbins
Entomological “Weapons” of Mass Destruction
by Thomas F. Moore… Read More
Featured Article: Reassessing the CBRN Response Enterprise
Featured article:
Reassessing the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Enterprise
by Gary D. Mills
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
During the last nine months, citizens throughout the world have observed momentous events that have added to a tumultuous global environment. Internationally,… Read More
InterAgency Journal 9-4
Inside this issue:
Features
Collaborating to Solve National Science and Technology
Challenges in a Time of Scarcity
by Ian G. Brosnan and Jonathan Stock
Strategic Defense Impacts of Climate Change:
An Interagency Challenge
by Wendell Chris King
Musicians of Mars: Attaining Interagency Consensus on
Perpetual War in Afghanistan
by Robert… Read More
Global health security team disbanded
Rear Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer has left the National Security Council (NSC) and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded. Ziemer, described as “one of the most quietly effective leaders in public health,” was the Trump administration’s senior director for global health security and biodefense at the… Read More