Publications

HSP’s work is informed by rigorous research and includes a number of different published materials from academic publications and conferences papers, to presentations, briefing notes and other materials.

Below is a list of some of our latest publications

Estimating the costs of compliance options for the BWC (2015)

Trust & Verify, October-December 2015, Issue 151, pp. 1-5.

Revill, James and McLeish, Caitriona

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Status quo or evolution: What next for the intersessional process of the biological and toxin weapon (2015)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 67, Issue 3, pp. 34-43.

McLeish, Caitriona

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What Counts as the Hostile Use of Chemicals? (2015)

In Balmer, B and Rappert, B (eds.) Absence in Science, Security and Policy: From Research Agendas to Global Strategy | Palgrave Macmillan, London.

Revill, James and Edwards, Brett

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The Geneva Protocol at 90: An Anchor for Arms Control? (2015)

The Guardian

Spelling, Alex, Balmer, Brian and McLeish, Caitriona

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The Role of WHO in the BWC Negotiations (2015)

In World Health Organization Global Health Histories, Seminar 88, Geneva,

McLeish, Caitriona
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Happy birthday to the Biological Weapons Convention (2015)

The Guardian

Revill, James and McLeish, Caitriona

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The Internationally Supported Destruction Process (2015)

Discussion Paper. The Harvard Sussex Program.

Ghionis, Alex and McLeish, Caitriona

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Biosecurity Codes of Conduct: Lessons from Ten Years of Work. (2014)

Workshop “Preventing Proliferation Through Intangible Technology Transfer And Balancing Academic Freedom and Non-proliferation: A Role for UNSCR 1540?”, London, 5-6th November 2014.

McLeish, Caitriona
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Rapid Advances in Biotechnology and Chemistry and their Challenge to the BWC and CWC Regime (2014)

In: Third Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, November 3-4 2014, Brussels.

McLeish, Caitriona

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The role of civil society and industrial non-state actors in relation to the CWC (2014)

Oxford University Press | Oxford Commentaries on International Law

McLeish, Caitriona and Lak, Maarten. In Krutzsch W, Myjer E and Trapp R (eds) The Chemical Weapons Convention: A Commentary

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Possible Contributions of Multi-Stakeholder Governance to Enhancing Transparency and Compliance (2014)

In Zanders JP, 'Workshop Report | Enhancing Compliance of the BTWC through National Implementation and Other Means', 24th April 2014, Brussels.

McLeish, Caitriona
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Chemical and Biological Weapons in the ‘New Wars’ (2013)

Sci Eng Ethics (2014) 20:753–767 DOI 10.1007/s11948-013-9479-7

Ilchmann, Kai and Revill, James
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Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria (2013)

Harvard Sussex Program Occasional Paper Issue 4

Robinson, Julian Perry
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A Critical Reflection on the Role of ‘Ethical Dilemmas’ in the Development of Dual-Use Governance (2013)

Sci Eng Ethics (2014) 20:571–582 DOI 10.1007/s11948-013-9450-7

Edwards, Brett, Revill, James and Bezuidenhout, Louise
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The Importance of Engagement and Education for Effective Biosecurity (2013)

In Burnette, Ryan (ed.), Biosecurity: Understanding, Assessing, and Preventing the Threat. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Revill, James

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Tacit Knowledge and the Biological Weapons Regime (2013)

Science and Public Policy, 41 (5), pp. 597-610

Revill, James and Jefferson, Catherine

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A Peer-Review Mechanism for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (2013)

UNIDIR/2013/1, Geneva Switzerland (New York and Geneva: UN Publications 2013)

Revill, James

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Evolving Governance of S&T: Implications for stakeholder relations with OPCW & National Authorities (2012)

In Zanders JP, 'Workshop Report on the Future of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Transitioning Towards the Post-Destruction Phase', 10th September 2012, Brussels.

McLeish, Caitriona
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Lessons Learned from Implementing Education on Dual-Use in Austria, Italy, Pakistan and Sweden (2012)

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 31-44

Revill J, Carnevali MD, Forsberg A, Holmström A, Rath J, Shinwari ZK, and Mancini GM.

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Development of the v-series nerve agents (2012)

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

McLeish C. In Tucker J and Danzig R (eds) Innovation, Dual Use and Security

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Brain Waves Module 3: Neuroscience, Conflict and Security (2012)

Excellence in Science, RS Policy Document 06/11 | The Royal Society, London UK

Flower, R, Dando, M, Hay, A, Iverson, S, Robbins, T, Robinson, JP, Rose, S, Stirling, A and Wessely S

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So you want to do ‘something’ on Science and Technology Reviews in the BWC? (2011)

In: Achieving Realistic Decisions at the Seventh BWC Review Conference in 2011, 33rd Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the CBW Conventions, 3-4 December 2011, Geneva Switzerland.

Revill, James and McLeish, Caitriona
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Implications of Bioscience and Technology Advances for the BTWC (2011)

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, Non-Proiferation Papers, No.4, December 2011.

McLeish, Caitriona
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The life sciences revolution and the BWC: Reconsidering the science and technology review process in (2011)

The Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 18, Issue 3: Global Perspectives on Re-envisioning the Biological Weapons Convention

McLeish, Caitriona and Trapp, Ralph

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Effective Governance through Scientific Review? The S&T Reviews of the BWC Over the Past 30 Years (2011)

In: International Studies Association, 52nd Annual Conference 2011, 16-19 March 2011, Montreal, Canada.

McLeish, Caitriona

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Criminalization of Chemical and Biological Armament (2011)

CBWCB Special Issue | February 2011, pp. 1-5

Robinson, Julian Perry
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Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (2011)

Washington DC: National Academies Press 2011

National Research Council et al (Contributors) and Bowman K, Hughes K, Husbands JL, Revill J, and Rusek B (Rapporteurs)

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Reviewing Science and Technology in the Context of the Biological Weapons Convention (2010)

In: 31st Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the CBW Conventions Getting Ready for the Seventh BWC Review Conference in 2011, 4-5th December, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland.

McLeish, Caitriona and Revill, James
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Prospects for the 2011 BTWC Review Conference (2010)

In: Prospects for the 2011 BTWC Review Conference (WP 1046), 24th-26th September 2010, Wilton Park.

McLeish, Caitriona
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