Shaping the future US bioeconomy through safety, security, sustainability, and social responsibility

Trends in biotechnology · 2023 · 10 citations

• Political Science
• Business
• Engineering ethics

Biomanufacturing practitioners and researchers describe the norms that should govern the growing, global field, to include safety, security, sustainability, and social responsibility. These '4S Principles' should be broadly adopted so that the future of the field may provide the greatest benefits to society.

How COVID-19 is reshaping U.S. national security policy

Politics and the Life Sciences · 2023-09-27 · 7 citations

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is actively reshaping parts of its national security enterprise. This article explores the underlying politics, with a specific interest in the context of biosecurity, biodefense, and bioterrorism strategy, programs, and response, as the United States responds to the most significant outbreak of an emerging infectious disease in over a century. How the implicit or tacit failure to recognize the political will and political decision-making connected to warfare and conflict for biological weapons programs in these trends is explored. Securitization of public health has been a focus of the literature over the past half century. This recent trend may represent something of an inverse: an attempt to treat national security interests as public health problems. A hypothesis is that the most significant underrecognized problem associated with COVID-19 is disinformation and the weakening of confidence in institutions, including governments, and how adversaries may exploit that blind spot.

Emerging Technologies and NATO's Expansion

Transatlantic Policy Quarterly · 2023-06-01

How can NATO’s expansion maximize the benefits of emerging technologies to allied states and to further strengthen transatlantic security? This article reviews the need for deep strategic understanding. It examines theoretical and practical factors affecting emerging technologies and their diffusion inside NATO and in the context of current and future adversaries. Moreover, it highlights specific environments and areas in which new NATO states' experience and domain expertise are likely to contribute to the alliance and explores the role of emerging technologies in defense strategy. Specific recommendations regarding Arctic operations, emerging technologies, and Track II diplomatic efforts are proposed.

Neurotechnology and international security

Politics and the Life Sciences · 2022 · 18 citations

• Political Science
• Computer Security
• Computer Science

In the past decade, international actors have launched "brain projects" or "brain initiatives." One of the emerging technologies enabled by these publicly funded programs is brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which are devices that allow communication between the brain and external devices like a prosthetic arm or a keyboard. BCIs are poised to have significant impacts on public health, society, and national security. This research presents the first analytical framework that attempts to predict the dissemination of neurotechnologies to both the commercial and military sectors in the United States and China. While China started its project later with less funding, we find that it has other advantages that make earlier adoption more likely. We also articulate national security risks implicit in later adoption, including the inability to set international ethical and legal norms for BCI use, especially in wartime operating environments, and data privacy risks for citizens who use technology developed by foreign actors.

Introduction

Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications · 2021-01-01

The Interplay Between Frugal Science and Chemical and Biological Weapons: Investigating the Proliferation Risks of Technology Intended for Humanitarian, Disaster Response, and International Development Efforts

Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications · 2021-01-01 · 2 citations

Proliferation of Weapons- and Dual-Use Technologies

Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications · 2021-01-01 · 5 citations

Artificial Intelligence: Unpacking Political, Rhetorical, and Security Factors

Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications · 2021-01-01 · 1 citations