Affiliation:
1. Jonathan B. Tucker is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where he specializes in biological and chemical weapons issues. He is the author of Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox (New York: Grove/Atlantic, 2001) and War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to al-Qaeda (New York: Pantheon, 2006). During the 2006–07 academic year, he is a Fulbright Scholar at the German Institute for International Politics and...
Abstract
Certain basic research findings in the life sciences have the potential for misuse by states or sophisticated terrorist organizations seeking to develop more lethal or effective biological weapons. The recognition of this problem has led to proposals for new systems of governance, including the international review and oversight of “dual-use” research. The case of the World Health Organization's Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research (VAC), which oversees all research with the live smallpox virus, offers some useful lessons for assess- ing these proposals. This article examines how the VAC has dealt with conten- tious policy issues, describes the strengths and weaknesses of the oversight process, and discusses the implications for the international governance of dual-use research.
Subject
Law,Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science
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