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Is Bioterrorism Really on the Horizon?

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Is Bioterrorism Really on the Horizon?

Justin Leopold-Cohen2 Comments

A January 2025 article published by the American Council on Science and Health detailed the results of a recent red-team activity (simulated security exercise) where a professor and two graduate…

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Taiwan’s Nuclear What-If: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Global Security

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Taiwan’s Nuclear What-If: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Global Security

Kira Coffey & Ryan Fitzgerald0 Comments

In October 1964, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tested its first nuclear device at Lop Nur in China’s western Xinjiang province. Shocked by the test, Taiwan’s President Chiang Kai-shek was…

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