Professor Philipp Bleek and current student Cyrus Jabbari present research on Iranian biological weapons

Associate Professor of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Philipp C. Bleek and Cyrus A. Jabbari MANPTS ‘20 presented research on Iranian government officials’ and affiliates’ biological weapons threat perceptions and responses at Middlebury’s Washington, DC office on September 16. Their talk, titled “ ‘Answering Threats with Threats’: Are Iranian Biological Weapons Fears Driving Offensive Development?”, was attended by a combination of Middlebury Institute and Middlebury College alumni and U.S. government officials.