Tag: biodefensecommission

Geopolitics

Fortress America: The Appointment of Anna Eshoo and the Neo-Colonial Architecture of 'Biodefense'

Former Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, a key architect of U.S. biodefense laws like the creation of BARDA, has joined the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. This move crystallizes America's insatiable focus on militarizing biology, channeling immense resources into national fortress-building while the Global South faces biological threats weaponized by the same geopolitical neglect and structural inequities it perpetuates.

Geopolitics

The Biollywood Complex: How Imperial Narratives Weaponize Fiction Against Global Health Justice

A Hollywood podcast co-opted by an Atlantic Council-linked commission uses a fictional bioterrorism plot in an NCIS spinoff to frame biodefense within a militaristic, fear-driven narrative. This is a stark example of how Western imperialist networks weaponize popular culture to manufacture consent for perpetual securitization and military expansion, deliberately ignoring the real, systemic biological threats their own policies create for the global majority.