Neuroscience and the Future of Chemical-Biological Weapons

Malcolm Dando (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

191 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-38181-1 (ISBN)

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During the last century, advances in the life sciences were used in the development of biological and chemical weapons in large-scale state offensive programmes, many of which targeted the nervous system. This study questions whether the development of novel biological and chemical neuroweapons can be prevented as neuroscience progresses.

Professor Dando studied Zoology at St Andrews University and, after post-doctoral research in the United States, held fellowships in Operational Research at the University of Sussex that were funded by the Ministry of Defence. At the University of Bradford he has worked on disarmament and arms control issues, particularly in regard to biological and chemical weapons, since 1993. He is a Fellow of the UK Society of Biology.

PART I: THE PAST

1. Neuroscience and the Developments of CBW
2. The Structure and Function of the Brain
3. The CBW Non-Proliferation Regime
4. The Dual-Use Challenge
PART II: THE PRESENT

5. Modern Civil Neuroscience
6. Novel Neuroweapons
7. Implications of Advances in Neuroscience
8. The Search for Incapacitants
9. Bioregulators and Toxins
PART III: THE FUTURE

10. The BTWC and CWC Facing Scientific Change
11. Where are We Going?
12. The Governance of Dual-Use Neuroscience

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2015
Reihe/Serie	Global Issues
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 191 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-38181-7 / 1137381817
ISBN-13	978-1-137-38181-1 / 9781137381811
Zustand	Neuware