Biodefense is core defense

Biodefense is core defense

This year, NATO allies committed to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP annually by 2035. 3.5% will go specifically toward core defense spending. As part of these efforts, it is crucial that all NATO nations quantify their biological defense activities and include them in these capability investments. The new NATO expenditure targets are driven by a threat environment that is both severely challenging and dynamic, broadly speaking, and rela…