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By adding a strong normative and ethical dimension to the debates around the securitization of health, Christian Enemark's book advances the global health debate in thought-provoking ways that will intrigue both scholars and students. This is a timely and engaging addition to the global health politics literature. -- Jeremy, Chair, Global Health Section, International Studies AssociationFellow, Department of International Relations, Australian National University A masterful and engaging account of the key biosecurity challenges confronting the world today. Biosecurity Dilemmas explores the vexing policy tensions and ethical trade-offs involved in protecting populations against biological danger. Enemark elegantly tames the complexity by showing that four major dilemmas lie at the heart of these issues. An impressive scholarly achievement. -- Stefan Elbe, Director, Centre for Global Health Policy, University of Sussex

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. Protect or Proliferate1. Biodefense and the Security Dilemma2. Vertical Proliferation and Threats from Within Part II. Secure of Stifle3. Laboratory Biosecurity4. Export and Publication Controls Part III. Remedy or Overkill5. Social Distancing and National Security6. Border Security and Transnational Contagion Part IV. Attention or Neglect7. The Agenda of Global Health Security8. Public Health and Biodefense Priorities Conclusion Selected BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

About the Author

Christian Enemark is Professor of International Relations at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He is the author of two previous books, Disease and Security: Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia and Armed Drones and the Ethics of War: Military Virtue in a Post-Heroic Age, and he is also coeditor of Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control.

Reviews

This seminal work of outstanding scholarship . . . is a timely, extraordinary, and impressively informative addition to both community and academic library Bioethics & International Affairs collections.
*Midwest Book Review*