INTERNATIONAL: Biological arms control has major flaws

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  • Unusual bioweapons convention
  • Living agents and toxins
  • Focus on intent
  • Blanket ban
  • Enforcement challenges
  • Non-universality
  • Subjective compliance
  • Voluntary enforcement
  • Incomplete national-level enforcement
  • Limited confidence
  • Problematic meetings
  • Technology transfer tensions
  • Contradictory intentions
  • Unequal treatment?
  • Scientific transformation
  • Misplaced priorities?

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