Is a biological weapons arms race on the horizon: impact of scientific advances and strategic competition?

This article considers the impact of advances in the biological sciences and related fields on the international system by considering the prospects that such developments will induce countries to adopt biological weapons and spark a biological weapons arms race. As such, it considers the relative i...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Political Science
Main Authors:	Glenn A. Cross, W. Seth Carus
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-10-01
Subjects:	biological weapons biological warfare biological weapons proliferation arms race dynamics technological determinism
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1675963/full