Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is a forward-looking contribution covering both ends of the equation and creates momentum for the current discussion on effective preventive measures and effective control measures. While there are no guarantees for preventing misuse, there are nonetheless crucial steps the world community can take towards the overarching goal of a global network for the life sciences. This book sheds light on concrete steps toward the achievement of this worthy goal.

Foreword by Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack 1. Introduction: A Web of Prevention? 2. Life Sciences or Death Sciences: Tipping the Balance towards Life with Ethics, Codes and Laws 3. Whistleblowers: Risks and Skills 4. Education for the Life Sciences: Choices and Challenges 5. Dual Use: Can We Learn from the Physicists Experience? A Personal View 6. Science and Technology Developments Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention 7. Options for a Scientific Advisory Panel for the Biological Weapons Convention 8. Dual Use Biotechnology Research: The Case for Protective Oversight 9. Reflections on the Role of Research Oversight in a Web of Prevention 10. Export Control and the Non-proliferation of Materials: National Boundaries in International Science? 11. Chemical and Biological Weapons Export Controls and the Web of Prevention: A Practitioners Perspective 12. How Does Secrecy Work? Keeping and Disclosing Secrets in the History of the UK Biological Warfare Programme 13. Reflecting on the Problem of Dual Use 14.Governing Dual Use Life Science Research: Opportunities and Risks for Public Health Index