In this piece, Tom Hobson (PhD Candidate in International Security, University of Bath) reflects on the ethical and political implications of imagined trans-human futures, facilitated by technological advances. Such work goes beyond a narrower range of security concerns which have so far preoccupied states and civil-society working in arms control forums. What follows is a … Continue reading
In recent weeks, I have been reflecting on the relationship between the specific international prohibition covering toxins and disease – and the idea of biologically inspired weapon systems (which generally speaking are not prohibited under international law). Such relationships are not unconsidered- indeed a 2010 report from the Center for Technology and National Security Policy … Continue reading
Below is the text of a document submitted to the thinkzone section of the BTWC website, which outlines potential measures which could be implemented as part of improving the Science and Technology review process. Assessing the outcome of the Eighth Review Conference in regard to the annual S & T review process by Malcolm R. … Continue reading
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By Jez Littlewood NPSIA’s disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation course began last week (INAF 5201). Once the administrative side of the first class was completed I began the class with the 2015 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists What would happen if an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated…
Brett Edwards, University of Bath and Mattia Cacciatori, University of Bath A United Nations mandated investigatory body has officially implicated the Syrian Air Force in chemical weapon (CW) attacks in Syria. The report also accuses the Islamic State (IS) of one CW attack – but, in a depressingly predictable turn of events, those findings which … Continue reading
New Report: A Decade of Synthetic Biology in the Context of the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention and the Chemical Weapon Convention By Dr Brett Edwards (University of Bath) and Dr James Revill (University of Sussex) Executive Summary In recent years, synthetic biology has become symbolic of many of the challenges that advances in science … Continue reading
