Assignment Question
Biological weapons differ in nature, not just in magnitude. How the concept of sovereignty of biological weapons impacts the idea of sovereignty: i. They do not respect national borders (transboundary diseases): geography plays a role ii. It is difficult to trace the origins: this impacts (i) the potential to claim responsibility for an outbreak (ii) the level of trust in transparency of countries involved (iii) the potential to destabilise countries by the mere threat of weapons iii. Absence of a “world government” to guarantee Biological Weapons Convention; guarantee transparency iv. States have more of an interest in destabilising non-state terrorist groups in neighbouring countries.
