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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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.
pandorareport.org
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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Great new article by David Gillum in @issuesinst.bsky.social
Better Biosecurity for the Bioeconomy
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Better Biosecurity for the Bioeconomy
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Better Biosecurity for the Bioeconomy
David R. Gillum makes the case for a National Biosafety and Biosecurity Agency to deal with evolving biosecurity threats.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Great new article by David Gillum in @issuesinst.bsky.social
Better Biosecurity for the Bioeconomy
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Better Biosecurity for the Bioeconomy
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Reposted by Gregory Koblentz
The CDC has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, but critics say that there is no real plan, only animosity.
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Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
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October 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The CDC has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, but critics say that there is no real plan, only animosity.
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A North Korean replay of this type of test is much more realistic than the sole ICBM fired at Chicago in A House of Dynamite.
Today in 1961, the Soviet Union conducted the first two of a series of five high-altitude nuclear tests, with missiles launched from Kapustin Yar across central Kazakhstan to detonate warheads (1.2 kt each) above Sary Shagan. The other three tests (300 kt each) were on Oct. 22, 28, and Nov. 1, 1962.
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A North Korean replay of this type of test is much more realistic than the sole ICBM fired at Chicago in A House of Dynamite.
Reposted by Gregory Koblentz
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
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That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
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Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
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October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pandora Report 10.24.2025
This week's issue covers unprecedented workforce disruptions at the CDC; a deeper dive into the global fallout of U.S. foreign health aid cuts; and the new biotech and AI race between the US and China.
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This week's issue covers unprecedented workforce disruptions at the CDC; a deeper dive into the global fallout of U.S. foreign health aid cuts; and the new biotech and AI race between the US and China.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pandora Report 10.24.2025
This week's issue covers unprecedented workforce disruptions at the CDC; a deeper dive into the global fallout of U.S. foreign health aid cuts; and the new biotech and AI race between the US and China.
www.pandorareport.org
This week's issue covers unprecedented workforce disruptions at the CDC; a deeper dive into the global fallout of U.S. foreign health aid cuts; and the new biotech and AI race between the US and China.
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Reposted by Gregory Koblentz
The @scharschool.bsky.social has several upcoming recruitment events, including for the Biodefense Program:
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Graduate Admissions Events
We invite you to join us to learn more about the Schar School of Policy and Government and our academic programs.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The @scharschool.bsky.social has several upcoming recruitment events, including for the Biodefense Program:
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Join me today at 6-7:30 PM ET for a virtual open house to learn about the @georgemasonu.bsky.social Biodefense PhD program
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Biodefense, PhD
Gain a background in the science and technology of biodefense and specialized areas of threat assessment, nonproliferation, and medical and public health preparedness, preparing you to serve as a scho...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Join me today at 6-7:30 PM ET for a virtual open house to learn about the @georgemasonu.bsky.social Biodefense PhD program
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schar.gmu.edu/programs/phd...
The @scharschool.bsky.social has several upcoming recruitment events, including for the Biodefense Program:
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Graduate Admissions Events
We invite you to join us to learn more about the Schar School of Policy and Government and our academic programs.
schar.gmu.edu
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The @scharschool.bsky.social has several upcoming recruitment events, including for the Biodefense Program:
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
Virtual PhD Open House on 10/27, 6-7:30 PM ET
Virtual Information Session for MS in Biodefense on 11/18, 12-1 PM ET
See all upcoming events here: schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...
For North Korea watchers, the second MSMT report just dropped with a focus on illicit revenue generation through cyber operations, crypto scams, IT workers, and more.
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MSMT App
Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team
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October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For North Korea watchers, the second MSMT report just dropped with a focus on illicit revenue generation through cyber operations, crypto scams, IT workers, and more.
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WHO warns $1.7bn funding shortfall threatens polio eradication efforts
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WHO warns $1.7bn funding shortfall threatens polio eradication efforts
The significant funding reductions mean certain activities will simply not happen: WHO's polio eradication director.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
WHO warns $1.7bn funding shortfall threatens polio eradication efforts
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#PolioForever
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Bird Flu Is Back: After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
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Bird Flu Is Back
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October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bird Flu Is Back: After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
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New @rand.org report on biosecurity:
Protecting Biological Materials and Services from Misuse: Opportunities for Access Monitoring and Control
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Protecting Biological Materials and Services from Misuse: Opportunities for Access Monitoring and Control
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Protecting Biological Materials and Services from Misuse
The authors explore critical points within the biological supply network that bad actors might exploit to develop biological weapons. The authors develop recommendations for enhancing data collection,...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New @rand.org report on biosecurity:
Protecting Biological Materials and Services from Misuse: Opportunities for Access Monitoring and Control
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Protecting Biological Materials and Services from Misuse: Opportunities for Access Monitoring and Control
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Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says
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Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says
Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says in a social media post the National Nuclear Security Administration is ...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says
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Pandora Report 10.11.2025
This issue features unprecedented disruptions across U.S. federal health agencies, an update on BIOSECURE 2.0, new developments in generative biology, and new global health security initiatives to improve early detection and pandemic preparedness.
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This issue features unprecedented disruptions across U.S. federal health agencies, an update on BIOSECURE 2.0, new developments in generative biology, and new global health security initiatives to improve early detection and pandemic preparedness.
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The Pandora Report
Where Science Meets Security
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October 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Pandora Report 10.11.2025
This issue features unprecedented disruptions across U.S. federal health agencies, an update on BIOSECURE 2.0, new developments in generative biology, and new global health security initiatives to improve early detection and pandemic preparedness.
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This issue features unprecedented disruptions across U.S. federal health agencies, an update on BIOSECURE 2.0, new developments in generative biology, and new global health security initiatives to improve early detection and pandemic preparedness.
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TO DISTRACT FROM ITS OWN VIOLATIONS, RUSSIA ACCUSES UKRAINE ANEW OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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To Distract From Its Own Violations, Russia Accuses Ukraine Anew of Manufacturing Chemical Weapons
Russia has made fresh claims that Ukraine is manufacturing chemical weapons, even though every past claim has turned out to be groundless. Moscow leveled the new accusation at a meeting of the Organiz...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
TO DISTRACT FROM ITS OWN VIOLATIONS, RUSSIA ACCUSES UKRAINE ANEW OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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