| ID | 190212 |
| Title Proper | Multiple Streams, Open Windows, and yet No Solution |
| Other Title Information | How the Response to the Ebola Crisis Shaped the Discourse on Emergency Assistance under the Biological Weapons Convention |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Schumacher, Helge |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Article VII of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) requires states to provide emergency assistance in the case of a deliberate bioweapons attack on any state party to the convention. Since no operational mechanism defining how to request or provide such assistance has yet been established, the painful lessons of the 2014–2016 West African Ebola crisis returned this topic to the agenda of the BWC. This study uses multiple streams analysis to investigate the impact of the Ebola crisis on the considerations of Article VII. While it revived the three streams of the debate—problem, policy, and politics—and opened a policy window, nevertheless, no political entrepreneur was able to couple the streams to produce policy output. As this window of opportunity begins to close, the Covid-19 pandemic seems to be the next focusing event shaping the BWC discourse on emergency assistance. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Governance Vol. 28, No.4; Oct-Dec 2022: p.457–485 |
| Journal Source | Global Governance Vol: 28 No 4 |
| Key Words | Biological Weapons convention (BWC) ; Ebola ; Emergency Assistance ; Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWTC) ; Multiple Streams Analysis |