Synthetic biology & weapons: How soon is now?

Published: January 28, 2008, 8:30 am

Tags: synthetic biology, btwc, unintended consequences, nuclear disarmament, biological weapons convention, non proliferation, borrie, biological weapons, millett, bwc

There have been some interesting disarmament-related developments in the last week:- In a think tank report, a group of former senior Western military commanders has called for a major change to NATO's approach to defending its members, insisting that the first-strike use of nuclear weapons is an "indispensable instrument", and claiming that there is "simply no realistic prospect of a nuclear-free world". (Paul Rogers and Jeffrey Lewis have posted useful critiques of this report.)- Meanwhile, opinion editorials continue to appear that reflect the call reiterated by George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and others for renewed efforts on nuclear disarmament.- As Patrick Mc Carthy reported, the UN's Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon gingered up the Conference on Disarmament here in Geneva with his appraisal of its inability to get back to work after a decade of inactivity.- Paul Wolfowitz, former American deputy secretary of defence and an architect of the 2003 Iraq war - and of course former

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