The threat of bioterrorism will be examined in a free, public common reading lecture at Washington State University this week.
“The Bio-Terror Threat for Future Presidents” by Thomas Preston, WSU professor of political science, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in Todd 216.
The biological weapon threat to state security often is underappreciated by scholars and practitioners “who tend to focus on nuclear proliferation,” Preston said. The rapid pace of biotechnical revolution coupled with the rise of terrorist groups make biological warfare “a far more dangerous and likely ‘new face of terrorism’ in the coming years,” he said.
Preston has written four books and researches bioterrorism. He is director of the political science master’s program in global justice and security studies and is on the board of directors for the Institute for the Study of Intercommunal Conflict at WSU.
For more information, please visit the Official Event Website.
