Publications

Activity Reports

• Activity Report No. 11 - April 2012

• Activity Report No. 10 - March 2011


• 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

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013| 2012| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |

2023

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2023) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2023, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2022

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2022) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, November 2022, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2021

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2021) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, November 2021, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2020

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2020) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, November 2020, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2019

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2019) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, November 2019, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2018

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2018) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, November 2018, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2016

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2016) Statement to the Eight Review Conference, November 2016 (pdf).

• Jeremias G., Himmel M., Bino T., Hersch J. (2016) "Spotlight on Syrias's Biological Weapons" (pdf), (source).

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2016) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, November 2016, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

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2015

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2015) Statement to the 2015 Meeting of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention, December 2015 (pdf).

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2015) "Open Source Tools for the Assessment of Compliance with the BWC" Poster for the Postersession to the 2015 Meeting of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention, December 2015 (pdf).

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2015) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2015, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2015) Statement to the 2015 Meeting of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention, August 2015 (pdf).

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2014

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2014) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2014, www.biological-arms-control.org (pdf).

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2014) Statement to the 2014 Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, December 2014 (pdf).

• Himmel M., Jeremias G. (2015) 'Open Source Data Analysis: Contributions to Enhancing Transparency in the BWC.' (link)

• Jeremias G (2015) 'Die Regelung biosicherheitsrelevanter Forschung als efektiver Beitrag zur biologischen Rüstungskontrolle?'; in: Ordnung der Wissenschaft, Heft 2015-2 S. 47-54 (pdf)

• Jeremias G., Himmel M. (2015) 'Biologische Waffen' in 'Handbuch Sicherheitsgefahren' (Springer Verlag) edited by Thomas Jäger.
  

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2013

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2013) Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2013, www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).

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2012

• Zmorzynska A, Jeremias G (2012) Managing technology transfers under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. (pdf).
  

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2012) Statement to the 2012 Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, 10. December 2012. (pdf)
  

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2012) 2012 Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2012, www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).
  

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2012) Technology, Trade and Transparency - Background information on the trade monitoring project for biological dual use items, December 2012, www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).

• Jeremias G. (2012) review of P. Dickmann:"Biosecurity: Biomedizinisches Wissen zwischen Sicherheit und Gefährdung", Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik 4/2012, p. 689-691.
  

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2011

• Zmorzynska A. (2011) Neither Safety nor Security Without Cooperation - Control Measures for Biological High Risk Research in EU States. (pdf).

• Jeremias G. et al. (2011) Verification and monitoring of International Arms Control Agreements in the 21st Century, ZNF Occasional Paper No. 13. (pdf).
  

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2011) 2011 Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2011, www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).

• Hunger I, Zmorzynska A (2011) Verifying and demonstrating compliance with the BTWC, Non-Proliferation Papers No. 5 (December 2011), EU Non-Proliferation Consortium. (pdf)


• Suk, J. / Zmorzynska, A. et al. (2011) Dual-Use Research and Technological Diffusion: Reconsidering the Bioterrorism Threat Spectrum. In: PLoS Pathogens. (link).

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2010

• Hoppe, Jan (2010) Biosecurity aspects in life science programmes at German universities. A survey English (pdf) | German (pdf).


• Jeremias, G. / Hunger, I. (2010) Building Transparency in the World Wide Trade in Biological Dual Use Equipment. Occasional Paper No. 12. (pdf).


• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2010) 2010 Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2010, www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).


• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2010) Statement to the 2010 Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, 6. December 2010, http://www.biological-arms-control.org, (pdf).


• Hunger, iris (2010) Poster presentation: "Limits, rules and the need for transparency in biosecurity research" at the 5th Security Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.(ppt)

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2009

• Research Group for Biological Arms Control (2009) 2009 Reader on Publicly Available CBMs, December 2009, 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. December 2009. (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, p. 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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