Let’s Make a (Smart) Deal: Biodiplomacy in the Age of Trump
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Noah Blaine Hearn
Abstract
North Korea poses significant risks to national security as it continues to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). On February 28, 2019, United States President Donald Trump announced that he would be departing his second summit with Kim Jong Un without having reached a deal regarding the denuclearization of North Korea. This anticlimactic outcome followed weeks of media buildup surrounding the two leaders’ meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam; however, negotiators from both countries have pledged to continue their efforts at crafting a deal. As they continue this endeavor, those with a seat at the negotiating table must recognize that the most prudent path forward for the United States is to ensure that any such disarmament deal also address North Korea’s capacity to develop of biological weapons (BWs) in addition to nuclear and chemical capabilities as part of a comprehensive strategy.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Introduction
- Introduction to Volume XI
- Articles
- Vaccines and the Armed Forces: There “AIN’T” NO “Anti-vaxxers” in the Military
- Mandatory Incident Reporting as a Means to Counter C/B Terrorism: Moving from Accident-based to Incident-based Systems
- DIY Science: A Cure for Cancer of the Next Plague
- The Constitutionality of Mandatory Vaccinations: Eliminating Exemptions
- The Food Safety Fence: Gaps and Consequences
- Biosurveillance: A Modern Look
- The 2014 Global Health Security Agenda
- Let’s Make a (Smart) Deal: Biodiplomacy in the Age of Trump
