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Informationen zum Autor Director of the Security Policy Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. Klappentext Research and development in the emerging fields of biotechnology, including human enhancement and direct-effect genetic weapons, may very well change the nature of war and international politics. This biotech revolution in military affairs will offer great advantages to the United States and other technologically advanced states, but raises many new questions about just war and bioethics.Biotechnology and International Security contextualizes the militarization of biotechnology by examining its strategic uses, the nature of bioweapons, and the overall impact on warfare and security. The book looks at the many emerging military applications of biotechnology and provides a nontechnical assessment of how a wide range of technologies are influencing war fighting, international balance of power, and homeland security. It offers a thorough introduction to bioweapons and biosecurity challenges, along with the resulting ethical and policy dilemmas. Zusammenfassung This book contextualizes the militarization of biotechnology by examining its strategic uses throughout history! how genetic engineering has changed the nature of bioweapons! and its impact on warfare and security. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPreface: More than an Academic Interest Introduction: Biotechnology beyond Germ Warfare Chapter 1: A History of Biotechnology in WarfareChapter 2: Securitizing Genetic EngineeringChapter 3: Twenty-first Century Military Biotechnology Chapter 4: Homeland Security, Human SecurityChapter 5: Just Warfare and BioethicsConclusion: The Modern Prometheus at WarBibliographyIndex
