SIPRI is pleased to release a new Conversations video featuring Dr Miranda Smith, Researcher in SIPRI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, on preventing biological weapons proliferation.
Advances in artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology are reshaping how biological research, data and materials are managed. In the video, Dr Miranda Smith discusses how these technologies could be used to strengthen oversight and help prevent the development and proliferation of biological weapons. Dr Smith highlights the administrative burden and uneven capacity faced by states in implementing and demonstrating compliance with the biological weapons prohibition regime. The conversation also explores the risks of relying too heavily on technical solutions, as well as areas for future research to strengthen key regime functions.
Recent publication on biological weapons
Dr Smith’s insights are based on key findings from a recent SIPRI publication, ‘Preventing Biological Weapons Proliferation: Operational Applications of Emerging Technologies’.
Click here to read the full publication.
About SIPRI Conversations
The SIPRI Conversations series is a collection of conversational-style interviews in which Stephanie Blenckner, SIPRI Director of Communications, talks to a range of experts on topics related to conflict, peace and security. The aim of the series is to highlight issues pertaining to peace and security from an insider's perspective and provide further insight into the projects, methodologies and data that SIPRI experts work with.