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Title:

Trust in the Age of Bioweapons

Authors:

Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Date posted:

February 17, 2012

Publication type:

Letter

Publication:

Nonproliferation Review 2012;19(1):7-8

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

DOI:

10.1080/10736700.2012.655082

Availability:

Available on publisher's website

Introduction:

Distrust of the US government's motives in biodefense may have negative consequences, including lack of support at home and suspicion abroad. In “Biodefense and Transparency: The Dual-Use Dilemma” (18.2, July 2011, pp. 349–68), Kirk Bansak argues that the United States must do more to increase transparency to discourage other nations from embarking on biological weapons programs. Indeed, the United States can, and should, do more to explain the importance of biodefense and to reassure that efforts are truly for defense. Yet while allaying suspicions is important, the top priority for the United States needs to be actual biodefense capability.