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This book explores how potential bio-threats and risks may evolve post 9/11 given the rapid changes in biotechnology and synthetic biology. It also explores what role intelligence communities can play in understanding threats and risks. It argues that although bio-threats and risks are largely low p...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This book explores how potential bio-threats and risks may evolve post 9/11 given the rapid changes in biotechnology and synthetic biology. It also explores what role intelligence communities can play in understanding threats and risks. It argues that although bio-threats and risks are largely low probability and high impact in nature, intelligence in 'Five Eyes' countries remain insufficiently prepared to understand them. This book identifies key areas where intelligence reforms need to take place including a more strategic and systematic collaboration between national security/law enforcem |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 300 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137516992 1137516992 |
| Index Number: | HV6433 |
| CLC: |
D526 D815.5 |
| Call Number: | D815.5/W226 |