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Wenger and Bonin: Biohazard Protection Should be Integrated and International

A comprehensive “all-hazard” approach, incorporating all involved international agencies, is necessary to protect the world’s population from biological harm, argue Andreas Wenger and Sergio Bonin of the Center for Security Studies in Zurich. Their ETH security policy analysis examines the rising risk of biohazards resulting from increased global mobility, rapid advancement in scientific research, and intensified glo¬bal terrorism, showing that threats emerge from states, non-state actors and natural hazards. Currently security services focus on bioterrorism, while the health sector focuses on naturally occurring infectious diseases/pandemics. This divides efforts to the detriment of the human race.