Biological Warfare: An Emerging Threat of the Future

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Title

Biological Warfare: An Emerging Threat of the Future

Subject

Biological Warfare
Military

Description

We are living in a geo-politically transforming world, forcing nations to persistently engage in cooperation, competition, cooperation, and even conflict. While the potential global threat and disastrous consequences of biological warfare were known to the domain and few security experts, this threat has come to the forefront and greater scrutiny ever since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mind-boggling numbers of human fatalities and casualties, it's spiraling and continuing destructive potential (evolving mutations), along with consequences to the global economy and way of life has clearly illustrated that the biological threat can be even moredevastating than nuclear, because they can persist, propagate, and spread through a population globally. Unfortunately, the existing agreements/conventions specially the Biological Warfare Convention (BWC), signedand ratified almost universally (183 nations), is widely acknowledged, butlacks compliance monitoring and verification mechanisms- making it farfrom effective in controlling biological weapons (BW). In this perspective,the paper examines the emerging threat of biological warfare and theimplications it holds for the world at large and India in particular.

Creator

Kumar, P.R.

Source

CLAWS Journal; Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021): Summer 2021; 30-50
2319-5177

Publisher

Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India

Date

2021-06-30

Rights

Copyright (c) 2021 Center For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India
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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article

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Collection

Citation

P Kumar.R., Biological Warfare: An Emerging Threat of the Future, Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India, 2021, accessed November 24, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/75

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