The Research Group
for Biological Arms Control

Publications

Activity Reports

• Activity Report No. 9 - February 2010


• Activity Report No. 8 - August 2009


• Activity Report No. 7 - February 2009


• Activity Report No. 6 - August 2008


• Activity Report No. 5 - February 2008


• Activity Report No. 4 - July 2007


• Activity Report No. 3 - December 2006


• Activity Report No. 2 - July 2006


• Activity Report No. 1 - December 2005

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Selected Publications

| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |

2009

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2009) 2009 Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, Dezember 2009, http://www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).


• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2009) Statement to the 2009 Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, 7. Dezember 2009, http://www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).


• Hunger, Iris (2009) Factsheet: Bioterrorism, in: McLaughlin and Nixdorff (Hrsg.) BWPP Biological Weapons Reader, Geneva, (pdf), S. 95-96.


• Hunger, Iris (2009) Raising Biopreparedness levels in Europe – Expert’s Report: Towards an all-hazards approach?, in: SDA Biopreparedness Report. Raising biopreparedness levels in Europe, Security and Defence Agenda, Brussels, December 2009, (pdf), S. 58-60.


• Isla, Nicolas (2009) Biological weapons as a public health issue, in: McLaughlin and Nixdorff (eds.) BWPP Biological Weapons Reader, Geneva, (pdf), S. 53-58.


• Jeremias, Gunnar (2009) Regulating the Worldwide Transfer and Use of Biological Dual-Use Goods: Monitoring the Trade of Biological Dual-Use Items, Micromaterials and Nanomaterials Nr. 10/2009, S. 32-36.


• van Aken J, Hunger I (2009) Biosecurity Policies at International Life Science Journals, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 7(1) (March 2009), p. 61-72.

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2008

• Zmorzynska A, Hunger I (2008) Restricing the role of biosecurity, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 19 December. Click here for online article


• Hunger I (2008) Bioweapons on the Advance? The Consequences of the Lack of Verification and the Biotechnological Revolution. Wissenschaft und Frieden No. 1, 2008, p. 33-36. (pdf)


• Isla N (2008) Challenges to the BWC, and Some Reasons for Optimism. INESAP Information Bulletin. Issue No. 28, April 2008, pp 70-74.


• CBM Reader on Publicly Available CBMs in 2006 and 2007. January 2008. (pdf)


• 2008 Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2008. (pdf)


• Statement to the 2008 Meeting of the States Parties to the BWC, December 2008. (doc)

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2007

• Statement to the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of the States Parties in December 2007 (pdf)


• Zmorzynska, A. (2007), Neither Here Nor There - Disease Outbreak Data in the Confidence Building Measures under the Biological Weapons Convention and in Open Sources, Research Group for Biological Arms Control, Occasional Paper No. 4.(pdf)


• Hunger, I (2007) More Transparency for a Secure Biodefense, in: Wenger, A and Wollenmann, R (eds.) Bioterrorism: Confronting a Complex Threat, Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, p. 179-196.


• Isla N (2007) Strengthening the Confidence Building Measures: A Catalogue of Recommendations. Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg. Occasional Paper No. 3, March 2007. (pdf)


• Jeremias G (2007) "We can work it out" Common Non-Proliferation Efforts in the European Union. ISA Conference Paper


• Hunger I (2007/2008) Comments to the Roundtable “Is the availability of genetic information dangerous?”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 8 November 2007 to 28 February 2008. (pdf)


• van Aken J (2007) Ethics of reconstructing Spanish Flu: Is it wise to resurrect a deadly virus?, Heredity Vol. 98 No. 1, January 2007, p. 1-2.

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2006

• Statement to the Biological Weapons Convention Sixth Review Conference delivered 21st Nov 2006 (pdf)


• Jeremias G, van Aken J, Harnessing Global Trade Data for Biological Arms Control, Non Proliferation Review, July 2006, Vol. 13 No.2


• Meier O, (2006) Aerial Surveillance and BWC Compliance Monitoring. Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg. Occasional Paper No.2, November 2006. (pdf)


• Hunger I, Isla N (2006) Confidence-building needs transparency: an analysis of the BTWC's confidence-building measures. Published in Towards a Stronger BTWC, Disarmament Forum 2006, no. 3. (pdf)


• Isla N, Hunger I (2006) BWC 2006: Building Transparency Through Confidence-Building Measures. Arms Control Today. Volume 36 Number 6, July/August 2006.


• van Aken J (2006) When risk outweighs benefit. EMBO Reports. Volume 7 Number S1, July 2006, S10-S13.


• Isla N (2006) Transparency in past offensive biological weapons programmes: An analysis of Confidence Building Measure Form F 1992-2003. Hamburg Centre for Biological Arms Control, Occasional Paper No. 1, June 2006. (pdf)


• Van Aken J (2006) Risks of resurrecting 1918 flu virus outweigh benefits. Nature 439:19, page 266. (pdf)


• Van Aken J, Hunger I (2006) Die Zukunft der biologischen Rüstungskontrolle – Transatlantischer Dissens. In Mutz R, Schoch B, Hauswedell C, Hippler J, Ratsch U (2006) Friedensgutachten 2006, LIT Verlag Berlin.


• Kirschner S, Johannsen S (2006) Das Institut für Aerobiologie der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft und die Verteidigungsforschung in den 1960er Jahren, , Augsburg: Rauner Verlag.

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2005

• Hunger, Iris: „Biowaffenkontrolle in einer multipolaren Welt. Zur Funktion von Vertrauen in internationalen Beziehungen“, Frankfurt, New York: Campus Verlag, 2005.


• Hunger, Iris: „Confidence building needs transparency. A summary of data submitted under the Bioweapons Convention’s confidence building measures. 1987-2003“, The Sunshine Project, September 2005. (pdf)


• Hunger, Iris, Oliver Meier and Jan van Aken: „Politische Handlungsmöglichkeiten zur Kontrolle biologischer Waffen“, in: Neuneck, Götz und Christian Mölling (eds.): Die Zukunft der Rüstungskontrolle, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005, p. 236 - 249.


• van Aken J (2005) Biowaffen-Inspektionen im Irak - ein Bilanz. In: Neuneck G, Mölling C: Die Zukunft der Rüstungskontrolle. Nomos Verlag.

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2004

• Van Aken J, Hammond E (2004) Averting the hostile use of biomedical research. Science & Public Affairs, Sept. 2004, p 11. (pdf)


• Jeremias G (2004) Rüstungsexportkontrolle für chemische und biologische Waffen - Anknüpfungspunkte für ein Exportmonitoring. Masterarbeit von Gunnar Jeremias, Juli 2004. (pdf)


• van Aken J, Johannsen S, Kollek R (2004) Bioterrorismus-Angst und mikrobiologische Forschung in Deutschland. Deutsches Ärzteblatt. (pdf)


• van Aken J, Johannsen S, Kollek R (2004) Biosecurity requires international supervision. Nature 431:17. (pdf)

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