Global Biosecurity: Threats and Responses

by Katona; Peter

• ISBN13: 9780415460538
• ISBN10: 0415460530
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135273019
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book explores a range of biohealth and biosecurity threats, places them in context, and offers responses and solutions from global and local, networked and pyramidal, as well as specialized and interdisciplinary perspectives. Specifically covering bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic disease preparedness and remediation, agroterroism, food safety, and environmental issues, the contributors demonstrate that to counter terrorism of any kind, a global, networked, and multidisciplinary approach is essential. To be successful in biosecurity, this book argues it is necessary to extend partnerships, cooperation, and co-ordination between public health, clinical medicine, private business, law enforcement and other agencies locally, nationally and internationally. Internationally, a clear understanding is needed of what has happened in past epidemics and what was accomplished in past bioprograms (in Britain, South Africa, Russia, for example). This book also assesses how, with the right technology and motivation, both a state and a non-state actor could initiate an extremely credible biothreat to security at both local and national levels. This book will be of much interest to students, researchers and practitioners of security studies, public health, public policy and IR in general. Peter Katonais Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Infectious Diseases. He is co-founder of Biological Threat Mitigation, a bioterror consulting firm. John P. Sullivan is a lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff "s Department. He is also a researcher focusing on terrorism, conflict disaster, intelligence studies, and urban operations. He is co-founder of the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning (TEW) Group. Michael D. Intriligatoris Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also Professor of Political Science, Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Social Research, and Co-Director of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences, all at UCLA.

Table of Contents

Preface: Reflections of a Bioweaponeer William Patrick III 1. Introduction: Global Biosecurity and the Spectrum of Infectious Disease Threats Part 1: Assessing the Threats of Natural and Deliberate Epidemics 2. Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: Avian Influenza and Other Global Pandemics Peter Katona and Michael Scheld 3. Biological Warfare and Bioterrorism: How Do They Differ from Other WMD Threats Peter Katona and David Franz 4. A History of Bioterrorism and Biocrimes Peter Katona and Seth Carus 5. Agroterrorism and Food Safety Tom Frazier 6. The Economic, Political, and Social Impacts of Bioterrorism Michael D. Intriligator 7. Technology and the Global Proliferation of Dual-Use Biotechnologies Mark Gorwitz 8. Conflict and Environmental Security Setting the Stage for Humanitarian Crises John P. Sullivan Part 2: Weaknesses in Current Preparedness and Response 9. The Global Politics of Biosecurity and Crime: Obstacles to Integration Adrian Baciu 10. Problems in Coordinating Health, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Activities in the US and the United Kingdom Keith Weston 11. A Critique of the U.S. National Guard's Role in Combating Bioterrorism Annette Sobel 12. The Media and the Role of Risk Communication in Public Health Preparedness Manfred Green and Bruce Dan Part 3: Integrated Approaches to Infectious-Disease Preparedness and Response 13. The Changing Role of Surveillance in Bioterrorism Preparedness Marjorie Pollack 14. Improving Strategic Medical Intelligence and Forensic Epidemiology Dixon Diamond 15. Integrating Local, State, and Federal Responses to Infectious Threats Jonathan Fielding 16. Handling Special Populations: The Elderly, Disabled, Immunocompromised and Children Alan Toy 17. Developing a New Paradigm for Biodefense in the 21st Century: Adapting Healthcare Response to the Biodisaster Threat Joseph Rosen and C. Everett Koop 18. Enhancing the Role of Business, the Pharmaceutical Industry and Hospitals in Biosecurity Preparedness Eric Toner 19. The Contribution of International Law to Enhance Biosecurity David P. Fidler 20. Conclusion: An Integrated, Networked Approach to Infectious Disease Preparedness 21. Epilogue: Reflections on the Future of Bioweapons Alvin Toffler