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Absence in Science, Security and Policy

Part of the Global Issues Series Book Series

Editors: Rappert, Brian; Balmer, Brian

DOI: 10.1057/9781137493736

ISBN: 978-1-349-55277-1

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Jan 16, 2016

1 - 10 of 11 Chapters

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Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn’t There in the Study of Science and Security

Rappert, Brian

Pages: 3 –33

[What is not of concern in social and political life is the ever-shifting shadow to what is of concern.1 At any one time only certain topics will garner the limelight in public discussions. Yet, what remains off the agenda can be judged to be equally, if not more, important than what is so. This...
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An Open Day for Secrets: Biological Warfare, Steganography, and Hiding Things in Plain Sight

Balmer, Brian

Pages: 34 –52

[Welcome to the Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton Down, England.1 It is late October 1968 and the message from the director of the establishment in the visitors’ brochure reads: During your visit to our laboratories we will attempt to show and explain our work and its implications...
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What ELSA/I Makes Big and Small in Nanotechnology Research

Schillmeier, Michael

Pages: 55 –77

[In recent years, research into ethical, legal, and social aspects or issues (ELSA/I) of science has been flourishing, especially in areas considered to be essential for future technologies.1 Thus it is no surprise that ELSA/I-aligned agendas are dominating current attempts in STS (science and...
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Missing the Obvious: Coping with Scientific and Technological Change in Chemical and Biological Weapons Arms Control, 1968–2013

Walker, John R.

Pages: 78 –92

[The history of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention (BTWC) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)—their origins, negotiation, and implementation—is long and complex. Science and technology are at the heart of both Conventions, and dealing effectively with change was, and remains, a...
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Non-News Values in Science Journalism

Mellor, Felicity

Pages: 93 –113

[In February 2011, a team of scientists announced that they couldn’t see the space beneath a lump of crystal.1 Of course, they didn’t put it quite like that in their paper in Nature Communications and nor did the journalists who picked up the story. Rather, converting a highly constrained...
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Project Jefferson: Technological Surprises and Critical Omissions

Vogel, Kathleen M.

Pages: 114 –131

[In the late 1990s, the US Department of Defense funded a multimillion dollar contract called Project Jefferson to assess emerging bioweapons threats. This project consisted of a collection of classified and unclassified technical research activities. This chapter will examine the creation and...
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Taking Care in Synthetic Biology

Evans, Sam Weiss; Frow, Emma K.

Pages: 132 –153

[What would the world be like if we—you, me, or anyone else—could program DNA on a computer, print it, and insert it into a cell to create an organism with whatever characteristics we desire? Some synthetic biologists have been trying to make this vision a reality since the turn of the century.1...
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What Counts as the Hostile Use of Chemicals?

Revill, James; Edwards, Brett

Pages: 157 –179

[Acid violence (AV), that is the deliberate use of acid (or alkalis)1 to attack another human being, is a frequent occurrence around the world. Yet, although clearly reliant on the hostile exploitation of chemicals, acid attacks are rarely described as chemical weapon attacks within the parlance...
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A Phoenix of the Modern World: The Re-emergence of National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and its Implications for Scientific Practitioners

Walther, Gerald; Dando, Malcolm

Pages: 180 –199

[While there are many mythical stories of various kinds about the Phoenix it retains several features throughout all of them. In ancient Egypt, the Phoenix was the prodigy of the sun god Ra and appeared in the shape of a giant bird of fire, which was one of the most beautiful creatures on earth....
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Causing Problems: Classification of Humanitarian Concerns Regarding Explosive Weapons

Moyes, Richard

Pages: 200 –225

[This chapter explores the interplay of what was and what wasn’t treated as a concern within a particular stream of international diplomatic discussions regarding possible controls over explosive weapons between 1995 and 2014. From attention to “landmines” in the 1990s, through the problems of...

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