A Biosecure Future for the West and Its Allies
New frontier technologies will decide the next great power contest. AI is obvious, but biology will shape the future.
We’ve defended
land
sea
air
space
cyber
The biological domain is next.
The West and its allies must lead – because biology is now the defining terrain of national and global security. It is everything that lives on this planet.
01
THE
IMPERATIVE
Biology as Strategic Infrastructure
To secure future productivity, biotechnology must become a cornerstone of health, defense, and resilience. The nations that invest in building and owning these capabilities will thrive in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. Those that do not will find themselves reliant on others, vulnerable to disruption, and left behind in shaping the global bioeconomy.
What’s at stake:
Innovation is being sent offshore, increasing our reliance on others
Envision a future with a west can:
Conduct, protect, and translate its own fundamental research
What’s at stake:
America is dependent on China to manufacture critical medicines
Envision a future with a west can:
Manufacture its own critical medicines
What’s at stake:
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed massive global blindspots
Envision a future with a west that can:
Detect and defend against biological threats in real time
A biosecure nation can ensure biology doesn’t create moments of crisis.
02
THE
GAP
Systems failure. We must treat biosecurity as infrastructure.
We’re Losing the R&D Race
The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) warns the United States has just three years to respond before falling irreversibly behind– a looming “biotech Sputnik” shock. While China operates an integrated state-sponsored biotech innovation ecosystem. U.S. innovators navigate fragmented financial and regulatory systems. This imbalance risks putting future biotech advances under adversarial control.
We Can’t Make Our Own Drugs
Supply-chain dependence erodes sovereignty. America has outsourced critical pharmaceutical production to China- now we’re dependent on foreign manufacturing. Chinese producers control most of our essential drug ingredients. Export restriction could trigger medication shortages across U.S. hospitals within days. This isn’t hypothetical; it’s a strategic vulnerability inviting coercion. We must rebuild domestic biomanufacturing and secure our medical supply chain.
The Security Architecture Has Failed
Concern about pandemics and biological weapons are not a new problem. Until now, we have tried to solve it with political organizations. This has failed in the face of modern technology and geopolitical competition. The WHO, once the world’s outbreak sentinel, lacks enforcement power; the BWC has no inspection or verification mechanism. Russia and China have exploited these gaps, blocking transparency while investigating new capabilities. Only constant monitoring and domestic capabilities- not diplomatic promises- can truly protect America and its allies.
We need infrastructure that spans not just systems, but nations. Our safety is interdependent. No country can do this alone.
03
THE
RESPONSE
Secure Discovery
Build and Win
We need to build, test, and store biological data only in certified U.S. or allied labs. No shell companies, no “trust-us” data pipelines. Innovation should stay within U.S. and allied borders. The BIOSECURE Act draws that bright line, and we must pass it.
Reshore & Scale
End foreign dependencies by building domestic manufacturing capacity. Ensure Americans aren’t dependent on foreign production for its medicine. Today it’s antibiotics, tomorrow it’s cancer medicines. (Strategic Bioeconomy Investments the U.S. Can Make Right Now).
Defend & Govern
Build biotechnology for biosecurity: a real-time detection and attribution network that allows the U.S. and its allies to detect threats early, respond rapidly, and hold bad actors accountable. Operationalize this vision through BIORADAR, and generate BIOINT (biological intelligence), as the next essential layer of national security.
THE MISSION
Ensure America and its allies are the most biosecure nations on the planet.
The Biological Century Belongs to Those Who Prepare
Our shared future depends on our shared readiness.
DIG DEEPER
The Biodefense Imperative
Securing the Biological Frontier