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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The report also highlights the risks posed by advances in AI and synthetic biology which could enable the design and synthesis of new pathogens that could target specific human and agricultural sub-populations based on unique genetic markers.
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The report also highlights the risks posed by advances in AI and synthetic biology which could enable the design and synthesis of new pathogens that could target specific human and agricultural sub-populations based on unique genetic markers.
Norway's 2026 intel report highlights CBW threats posed by Russia and China. Norway joins US, UK, Germany and Netherlands in accusing Russia of using the chemical weapon chloropicrin in Ukraine.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Norway's 2026 intel report highlights CBW threats posed by Russia and China. Norway joins US, UK, Germany and Netherlands in accusing Russia of using the chemical weapon chloropicrin in Ukraine.
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Pandora Report 2.6.2026
This issue highlights new bipartisan policy recommendations for strengthening defenses against biological threats, rising measles and avian flu outbreaks, politicized vaccine changes, and emerging risks at the intersection of science and security.
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This issue highlights new bipartisan policy recommendations for strengthening defenses against biological threats, rising measles and avian flu outbreaks, politicized vaccine changes, and emerging risks at the intersection of science and security.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Pandora Report 2.6.2026
This issue highlights new bipartisan policy recommendations for strengthening defenses against biological threats, rising measles and avian flu outbreaks, politicized vaccine changes, and emerging risks at the intersection of science and security.
pandorareport.org
This issue highlights new bipartisan policy recommendations for strengthening defenses against biological threats, rising measles and avian flu outbreaks, politicized vaccine changes, and emerging risks at the intersection of science and security.
pandorareport.org
Strengthening biosecurity and biosafety oversight: CEPI publishes its first Biosecurity Policy
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Strengthening biosecurity and biosafety oversight: CEPI publishes its first Biosecurity Policy
CEPI’s Biosecurity Policy sets out a clear, systematic approach to identifying and mitigating biosecurity and biosafety risks across CEPI-funded research.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Strengthening biosecurity and biosafety oversight: CEPI publishes its first Biosecurity Policy
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Shocking statistic of the day #2
Due to funding cuts by Trump Admin, in 2025, Americans spent more on Halloween candy than the US government did on life-saving humanitarian aid.
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Due to funding cuts by Trump Admin, in 2025, Americans spent more on Halloween candy than the US government did on life-saving humanitarian aid.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Shocking statistic of the day #2
Due to funding cuts by Trump Admin, in 2025, Americans spent more on Halloween candy than the US government did on life-saving humanitarian aid.
www.cfr.org/articles/gre...
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Due to funding cuts by Trump Admin, in 2025, Americans spent more on Halloween candy than the US government did on life-saving humanitarian aid.
www.cfr.org/articles/gre...
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One Year Post-USAID, Global Health Funding Stuck in Limbo
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One Year Post-USAID, Global Health Funding Stuck in Limbo | Think Global Health
End-of-year estimates convey how much global health funding changed in 2025
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February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
One Year Post-USAID, Global Health Funding Stuck in Limbo
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Shocking statistic of the day.
Since the start of Trump Admin, 10,000+ PhDs in STEM and health fields working for USG have left. That is 14% of all STEM and health PhDs in the entire Federal government.
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Since the start of Trump Admin, 10,000+ PhDs in STEM and health fields working for USG have left. That is 14% of all STEM and health PhDs in the entire Federal government.
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Shocking statistic of the day.
Since the start of Trump Admin, 10,000+ PhDs in STEM and health fields working for USG have left. That is 14% of all STEM and health PhDs in the entire Federal government.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Since the start of Trump Admin, 10,000+ PhDs in STEM and health fields working for USG have left. That is 14% of all STEM and health PhDs in the entire Federal government.
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US lawmakers introduce bill to screen sales of potentially dangerous synthetic DNA
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US lawmakers introduce bill to screen sales of potentially dangerous synthetic DNA
Two U.S. senators this week introduced a bill that would create new rules around the sale of synthetic gene sequences that could be used to create bioweapons.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:45 AM
US lawmakers introduce bill to screen sales of potentially dangerous synthetic DNA
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Proud to have been a member of the working group and endorsed the final report. Even prouder that one of my former Biodefefense @scharschool.bsky.social students, Sophia Hirshfield, helped write it.
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Proud to have been a member of the working group and endorsed the final report. Even prouder that one of my former Biodefefense @scharschool.bsky.social students, Sophia Hirshfield, helped write it.
New report from the Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security Working Group on Biodefense, Protecting Americans from Biological Threats, provides a prioritized set of practical, near-term recommendations to strengthen biodefense and public health.
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Protecting Americans from Biological Threats
As the risks of biological threats rise, Congress and the administration can bolster biodefenses by modernizing biosurveillance, ensuring biosafety and biosecurity, rebuilding the U.S. biodefense ente...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
New report from the Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security Working Group on Biodefense, Protecting Americans from Biological Threats, provides a prioritized set of practical, near-term recommendations to strengthen biodefense and public health.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Eye Protection for Tear Gas and other Hazards: A Protest Safety Guide from the the American Academy of Ophthalmology
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Eye Protection for Tear Gas and other Hazards: A Protest Safety Guide
Protesters may be hit with rubber bullets, projectiles, tear gas, pepper spray or paintball guns. Learn about eye protection for tear gas and other hazards.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Eye Protection for Tear Gas and other Hazards: A Protest Safety Guide from the the American Academy of Ophthalmology
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America needs a nuclear nonproliferation policy … again
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America needs a nuclear nonproliferation policy … again - Breaking Defense
For the last 16 years, the US has not had any nuclear nonproliferation policies. Henry Sokolski in this op-ed argues why that needs to change.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
America needs a nuclear nonproliferation policy … again
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Important warning that we need to plan for "catastrophic success" to prevent nuclear proliferation
The Nuclear Threat After Tehran Falls
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The Nuclear Threat After Tehran Falls
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Opinion | The Nuclear Threat After Tehran Falls
In the event of regime change, the world should be ready to secure Iran’s uranium and reactors.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Important warning that we need to plan for "catastrophic success" to prevent nuclear proliferation
The Nuclear Threat After Tehran Falls
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The Nuclear Threat After Tehran Falls
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Yes it is. Welcome to the risk-based international order.
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Yes it is. Welcome to the risk-based international order.
No, the International Community Isn’t Dead Yet
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No, the International Community Isn’t Dead Yet
The “rules-based international order” may prove stronger than Trump—or anyone else—realizes.
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January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
No, the International Community Isn’t Dead Yet
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Assessing North Korea’s Five-Year Effort to Develop 13 New Nuclear and Missile Systems
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Assessing North Korea’s Five-Year Effort to Develop 13 New Nuclear and Missile Systems - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea
In his January 2021 report to the Eighth Party Congress of the Korean Workers’ Party, Kim Jong ...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Assessing North Korea’s Five-Year Effort to Develop 13 New Nuclear and Missile Systems
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Pandora Report 1.30.2026
This issue highlights OPCW findings on the use of CW by the Assad regime in 2016; the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight; the 1st H5N1 detection in European cattle; US natsec & emerging biotech; and the latest guidance on managing AIxBio tools.
pandorareport.org
This issue highlights OPCW findings on the use of CW by the Assad regime in 2016; the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight; the 1st H5N1 detection in European cattle; US natsec & emerging biotech; and the latest guidance on managing AIxBio tools.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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January 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Pandora Report 1.30.2026
This issue highlights OPCW findings on the use of CW by the Assad regime in 2016; the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight; the 1st H5N1 detection in European cattle; US natsec & emerging biotech; and the latest guidance on managing AIxBio tools.
pandorareport.org
This issue highlights OPCW findings on the use of CW by the Assad regime in 2016; the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight; the 1st H5N1 detection in European cattle; US natsec & emerging biotech; and the latest guidance on managing AIxBio tools.
pandorareport.org
Statement by the Spokesperson on the release of the fifth report of the OPCW investigation and identification team
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Syria: Statement by the Spokesperson on the release of the fifth report of the OPCW investigation and identification team
On 20 January 2026, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) issued a report that found Syrian Arab Air Force responsible for a chemical weapons attack in Kafr Zeita, Syrian Ara...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Statement by the Spokesperson on the release of the fifth report of the OPCW investigation and identification team
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No, I would not. Scored less than 25. Guess I need to keep my day job.
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
No, I would not. Scored less than 25. Guess I need to keep my day job.
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A little late to jump on the MCU bandwagon but a Helicarrier would be huge boost to public health emergency preparedness.
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
A little late to jump on the MCU bandwagon but a Helicarrier would be huge boost to public health emergency preparedness.
The @thebulletin.org advanced the Doomsday Clock by 4 seconds this year in part due to growing biological threats, including AI, mirror life, and bioweapons, and degradation of US and global health capabilities over the last year. You can read more here: thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
2026 Doomsday Clock Statement: Biological Threats - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Four developments—research into self-replicating “mirror life”; AI tools that can design biological threats; state-sponsored biological weapons programs; and the dismantling of US public health effort...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The @thebulletin.org advanced the Doomsday Clock by 4 seconds this year in part due to growing biological threats, including AI, mirror life, and bioweapons, and degradation of US and global health capabilities over the last year. You can read more here: thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
Defending Against the Next Bioweapon: the mRNA Imperative
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Defending Against the Next Bioweapon: the mRNA Imperative
Modern synthetic biology and AI represent both medicine’s greatest breakthrough and warfare’s most terrifying evolution. In this new landscape, where
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January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Defending Against the Next Bioweapon: the mRNA Imperative
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