I’m rather fond of Anthony Cordesman’s “Buffy Paradigm” paper, but more because it’s a hoot to picture Cordesman sitting down to watch “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” than because of its impact on the world.

Paper available from CSIS here: Biological Warfare and the “Buffy Paradigm” http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/buffy012902%5B1%5D.pdf