The Evolving Infectious Disease Threat: Implications for national and global security

David Heymann

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2003, vol. 4, issue 2, 191-207

Abstract: This paper discusses the ways in which the sharply increased danger of bio-terrorism has made infectious diseases a priority in defence and intelligence circles. Against this background, the author sets out a central principle of global public health security: a strengthened capacity to detect and contain naturally caused outbreaks is the only rational way to defend the world against the threat of a bio-terrorist attack. He then discusses the three trends that underscore this point: vulnerability of all nations to epidemics, the capacity of a disease such as AIDS to undermine government and society, and the way in which the determinants of national security have been re-defined in the post-Cold War era.

Keywords: Infectious Disease; Epidemics; Microbials; Terrorism; Hiv/AIDS; Governance; Human Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1080/1464988032000087541

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