Gregory Koblentz
@gregkoblentz.bsky.social
I research, teach, and write about about the causes and consequences of the proliferation of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological (CBRN) weapons to states and terrorists. Views are my own.
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George Mason ranks among Top 50 graduate programs nationally in engineering, public policy, and other fields
George Mason University ranked among the top 5 in Virginia across all 25 categories in the engineering, law, nursing, and policy programs in which it was included in the latest U.S. News & World Repor...
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The @scharschool.bsky.social at @georgemasonu.bsky.social was recognized by @usnews.com as having the No. 4 graduate program in the country for homeland security in 2025, the eighth year in a row that the program was ranked in the top 10 nationally.
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Pandora Report 11.21.2025
Declining U.S. vaccination rates, early signs of a tough flu season, first human case of H5N1 in WA, international efforts to strengthen nucleic acid synthesis screening, debate over pandemic prep, and a review of the Russian and Iraqi BW programs.
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Declining U.S. vaccination rates, early signs of a tough flu season, first human case of H5N1 in WA, international efforts to strengthen nucleic acid synthesis screening, debate over pandemic prep, and a review of the Russian and Iraqi BW programs.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Pandora Report 11.21.2025
Declining U.S. vaccination rates, early signs of a tough flu season, first human case of H5N1 in WA, international efforts to strengthen nucleic acid synthesis screening, debate over pandemic prep, and a review of the Russian and Iraqi BW programs.
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Declining U.S. vaccination rates, early signs of a tough flu season, first human case of H5N1 in WA, international efforts to strengthen nucleic acid synthesis screening, debate over pandemic prep, and a review of the Russian and Iraqi BW programs.
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Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
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Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
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November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
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Al-Shaibani: Mohammed Katoub appointed as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the OPCW
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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Al-Shaibani: Mohammed Katoub appointed as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the OPCW
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani announced the appointment of Dr. Mohammad Katoub as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation for
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November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Al-Shaibani: Mohammed Katoub appointed as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the OPCW
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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Reposted by Gregory Koblentz
"We are training the next generation of students to work on these issues and bridge the gap between public health, scientific, and national security communities" @gregkoblentz.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"We are training the next generation of students to work on these issues and bridge the gap between public health, scientific, and national security communities" @gregkoblentz.bsky.social
Listen/watch me interview @mtosterholm.bsky.social as we discuss his new book, the sorry state of public health in the US, risks to global health security, how to tame infodemics, and how to prepare for the next pandemic.
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Improving Pandemic Readiness With Michael Osterholm And Gregory Koblentz
Despite many losses, humanity was able to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. But if we are to experience yet another outbreak on a global scale, how good is our pandemic readiness? David Ramadan and h...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Listen/watch me interview @mtosterholm.bsky.social as we discuss his new book, the sorry state of public health in the US, risks to global health security, how to tame infodemics, and how to prepare for the next pandemic.
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WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding
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WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding
Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work
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November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding
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November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New @rand.org report out on how to detect the acquisition of biotechnologies, tools and materials by potential bioterrorists:
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Legitimate Research or Biological Threat? Detecting Misuse of the Biological Supply Network and Policy Options to Reduce Risks
This research brief highlights the critical points and mitigation strategies that RAND researchers made in their report about how bad actors could exploit the biological supply network to develop biol...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New @rand.org report out on how to detect the acquisition of biotechnologies, tools and materials by potential bioterrorists:
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Pandora Report 11.14.2025
🍂 This issue features developments in vaccine safety and regulatory instability in the US and global health topics from avian influenza outbreaks to biosecurity and biosafety initiatives.
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🍂 This issue features developments in vaccine safety and regulatory instability in the US and global health topics from avian influenza outbreaks to biosecurity and biosafety initiatives.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Pandora Report 11.14.2025
🍂 This issue features developments in vaccine safety and regulatory instability in the US and global health topics from avian influenza outbreaks to biosecurity and biosafety initiatives.
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🍂 This issue features developments in vaccine safety and regulatory instability in the US and global health topics from avian influenza outbreaks to biosecurity and biosafety initiatives.
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Interested in biodefense, health security, or countering WMD? Biodefense MS virtual info session on 11/18 from 12-1 PM ET
DC and MD residents eligible for in-state tuition rate!
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November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Interested in biodefense, health security, or countering WMD? Biodefense MS virtual info session on 11/18 from 12-1 PM ET
DC and MD residents eligible for in-state tuition rate!
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DC and MD residents eligible for in-state tuition rate!
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New dashboard on biosafety and biosecurity in Africa run by NICD in South Africa
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DBB Dashboard - NICD
Division of Biosafety and Biosecurity (DBB) Dashboard Share Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin View Dashboard About Dashboard The Division of Biosafety and Biosecurity (DBB) Dashboard provides insight into training and capacity-building activities across the institute, including NICD, NHLS, and external stakeholder sessions hosted through the RDDC. It showcases regional and global […]
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November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New dashboard on biosafety and biosecurity in Africa run by NICD in South Africa
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Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
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Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
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@unidir.org and ISU at UNODA are sponsoring two technical briefings on the impact of emerging tech on the Biological Weapons Convention: first one on AI and second one on cyberbiosecurity
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Technical briefs on emerging technologies and the Biological Weapons Convention → UNIDIR
UNIDIR, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, is a leading research institute dedicated to promoting international peace and security through disarmament. Explore our publications, ev...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@unidir.org and ISU at UNODA are sponsoring two technical briefings on the impact of emerging tech on the Biological Weapons Convention: first one on AI and second one on cyberbiosecurity
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I would definitely watch this version!
If I'm going to watch a drama about nuclear weapons, I expect a better script
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Could We Write a Better Script?
Honestly, my last shot at "A House of Dynamite"
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November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I would definitely watch this version!
Pandora Report 11.7.2025
Scientists identify a new bat coronavirus in Brazil, CEPI creates the world’s largest Nipah vaccine reserve, U.S. biotech sector faces post-pandemic stagnation, silent avian flu infections, and a global initiative on DNA biosecurity screening standards.
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Scientists identify a new bat coronavirus in Brazil, CEPI creates the world’s largest Nipah vaccine reserve, U.S. biotech sector faces post-pandemic stagnation, silent avian flu infections, and a global initiative on DNA biosecurity screening standards.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Pandora Report 11.7.2025
Scientists identify a new bat coronavirus in Brazil, CEPI creates the world’s largest Nipah vaccine reserve, U.S. biotech sector faces post-pandemic stagnation, silent avian flu infections, and a global initiative on DNA biosecurity screening standards.
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Scientists identify a new bat coronavirus in Brazil, CEPI creates the world’s largest Nipah vaccine reserve, U.S. biotech sector faces post-pandemic stagnation, silent avian flu infections, and a global initiative on DNA biosecurity screening standards.
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🎃 The Scariest Story This Halloween: How American Public Health is Falling Apart 😱
By Carmen Shaw
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By Carmen Shaw
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Pandora Report 10.31.2025
Welcome to this week’s Pandora Report! Happy Halloween! 🎃 This issue uncovers the real horrors haunting U.S. public health: anti-science bills eroding trust and slashed PhD admissions threatening t…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎃 The Scariest Story This Halloween: How American Public Health is Falling Apart 😱
By Carmen Shaw
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By Carmen Shaw
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Pandora Report 10.31.2025
Happy Halloween! 🎃 This issue uncovers the real horrors haunting U.S. public health; explores rising biosecurity and chemical threats; and tracks Europe’s early bird flu wave, BWC verification innovations, and pandemic preparedness insights.
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 This issue uncovers the real horrors haunting U.S. public health; explores rising biosecurity and chemical threats; and tracks Europe’s early bird flu wave, BWC verification innovations, and pandemic preparedness insights.
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Pandora Report 10.31.2025
Welcome to this week’s Pandora Report! Happy Halloween! 🎃 This issue uncovers the real horrors haunting U.S. public health: anti-science bills eroding trust and slashed PhD admissions threatening t…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pandora Report 10.31.2025
Happy Halloween! 🎃 This issue uncovers the real horrors haunting U.S. public health; explores rising biosecurity and chemical threats; and tracks Europe’s early bird flu wave, BWC verification innovations, and pandemic preparedness insights.
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 This issue uncovers the real horrors haunting U.S. public health; explores rising biosecurity and chemical threats; and tracks Europe’s early bird flu wave, BWC verification innovations, and pandemic preparedness insights.
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The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later
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The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – The CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, according to the October 1975 U.S. Senate te...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later
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King's researchers launch tracker to monitor disinformation about chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats
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King's researchers launch tracker to monitor disinformation about chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats | King's College London
King’s researchers have launched a new Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats (CBRN) Disinformation Tracker on Monday 20 October 2025, at the margins of the UN General Assembly’s First...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
King's researchers launch tracker to monitor disinformation about chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats
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A public health horror story: If the zombies arrive on Halloween, will the CDC be there to respond?
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Could today's CDC handle a zombie apocalypse?
A look back at the CDC's 2011 graphic novel on a "zombie pandemic." As the agency's systems are dismantled, the idea of a coordinated national response to a health emergency seems as fictional as zomb...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A public health horror story: If the zombies arrive on Halloween, will the CDC be there to respond?
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This article should be titled the "Murder of USAID."
"The destruction of USAID was remarkable in that it did not reflect any sort of broad-based consensus."
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The Death of USAID: How Elon Musk and Donald Trump Ended America's Foreign Aid Agency
USAID served for decades as a vehicle for both US soft power and foreign aid. Within the first days of the Trump administration, the agency was effectively closed, its staff told to go home and its f...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This article should be titled the "Murder of USAID."
Reposted by Gregory Koblentz
"The destruction of USAID was remarkable in that it did not reflect any sort of broad-based consensus."
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The Death of USAID: How Elon Musk and Donald Trump Ended America's Foreign Aid Agency
USAID served for decades as a vehicle for both US soft power and foreign aid. Within the first days of the Trump administration, the agency was effectively closed, its staff told to go home and its f...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"The destruction of USAID was remarkable in that it did not reflect any sort of broad-based consensus."
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