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Disease and Security: Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia book cover

1st Edition

Disease and Security Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia

By Ahmed S. Hashim Copyright 2007
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Focusing on East Asia, this book sets out a framework for analyzing infectious disease threats in security terms. It covers the security significance of naturally occurring disease outbreak events such as SARS and avian influenza, the development and use of biological weapons by state and non-state actors, and the security risks associated with laboratory research on pathogenic micro-organisms.... Read more

1. Infectious Diseases as a Security Challenge  Part 1: Natural Plagues  2. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome  3. H5N1 Avian Influenza: Pandemic Pending?  4. Outbreak Response: Rallying around the State  Part 2: Biological Weapons  5. The Science and History of Deliberate Disease  6. Biological Attacks and the Non-State Perpetrator  7. Responses to the Biological Weapons Problem  Part 3: Pathogen Research  8. Beyond Biosafety: The Security Consciousness of Scientists  9. Biodefence: Lessons from the United States  10. Conclusion

Biography

Christian Enemark is a lecturer in Global Security at the University of New South Wales and Deputy Director of the National Centre for Biosecurity at the Australian National University

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