Publications
Books and Monographs
Milton Leitenberg and Raymond A. Zilinskas, The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History, (Harvard University Press, July 2012)
John Steinbruner, Elisa D. Harris, Nancy Gallagher, Stacy M. Okutani, Controlling Dangerous Pathogens, (CISSM, March 2007)
Articles and Op-Eds
John Steinbruner, "Action Required on Influenza Research", (The Hill's Congress Blog, April 2012)
John Steinbruner, "The Fight over Flu: A System for Redacted Papers", (Nature, vol. 481, 01/19/2012)
Elisa D. Harris, "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Proposed International Biosecurity System", (in Uganda National Academy of Sciences, Promoting Biosafety and Biosecurity Within the Life Sciences: An International Workshop for East Africa, UNAS Press, 2008)
Elisa D. Harris, "Killers in the Lab", (Op-ed, New York Times, 08/11/2008)
Elisa D. Harris, "U.S. Efforts to Investigate and Attribute the Use of Biological Weapons", (in Anne L. Clunan, Peter R. Lavoy, and Susan B. Martin, eds., Terrorism, War, or Disease?, Stanford University Press, July 2008)
Elisa D. Harris, "Dual Use Biotechnology Research: The Case for Protective Oversight", (in Brian Rappert and Caitriona McLeish, eds., A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research, Earthscan, London, October 2007)
John Steinbruner, "In the Name of Defence", (The New Scientist, November 2006)
Elisa D. Harris and John Steinbruner, "Scientific Openness and National Security after 9/11", (CBW Conventions Bulletin, March 2005)
John Steinbruner and Stacy Okutani, "The Protective Oversight of Biotechnology", (Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, December 2004)
Elisa D. Harris, "Threat Reduction and North Korea's CBW Programs", (The Nonproliferation Review Fall/Winter, 2004)
Elisa D. Harris, "The Evil Twin of Research: Bioterror", (Los Angeles Times, 03/16/2004)
John Steinbruner and Elisa D. Harris, "Dangerous Research: When Science Breeds Nightmares", (International Herald Tribune, 12/03/2003)
John Steinbruner and Elisa D. Harris, "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens", (Issues in Science and Technology, Spring, 2003)
Robert Sprinkle, "The Biosecurity Trust", (BioScience, vol. 53, no. 3, March 2003)
Elisa D. Harris, "Chemical and Biological Weapons: Prospects and Priorities after 9/11", (The Brookings Review, Summer, 2002)
Elisa D. Harris, "Research Not to be Hidden", (New York Times, 09/06/2001)
Elisa D. Harris, "Bioweapons Treaty: Still a Good Idea", (Christian Science Monitor, 08/24/2001)
John Steinbruner, Nancy Gallagher, and Stacy Okutani, "A Tough Call", (Arms Control Today, May 2001)
John Steinbruner, "Biological Weapons: A Plague on All Houses", (Foreign Policy, Winter 1997, 1998)
Dissertations
Stacy Okutani, Structuring Biodefense: Legacies and Current Policy Choices, (UMD Dissertation, 2007)
Working Papers
Gene Bonventre, Kathleen Hicks, and Stacy Okutani, "U.S. National Security and Global Health: An Analysis of Global Health Engagement by the U.S. Department of Defense", (A Report of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center—Working Draft, April 2009)
Stacy Okutani, "The U.S. Threat Assessment Process and Oversight for Biological Research at NBACC", (CISSM Working Paper, December 2007)
Jens H. Kuhn, "Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the 'Dangerous Activities' Categories Defined by the CISSM Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project", (CISSM Working Paper, July 2005)
Jonathan Tucker and Stacy Okutani, "Global Governance of 'Contentious' Science: The Case of the World Health Organization's Oversight of Smallpox Virus Research", (Working Paper Prepared for the WMD Commission, December 2004)
Alex Greninger, "The Definition and Measurement of Dangerous Research", (CISSM Working Paper, July 2004)
John Steinbruner, "Protective Oversight of Biotechnology", (CISSM Working Paper, 02/11/2002)
Stacy M. Okutani, "Federal Regulation of Scientific Research", (CISSM Working Paper, August 2001)
Conference Reports, Presentations and Other Documents
John Steinbruner, "Oversight Required on Influenza Research", (CISSM Policy Brief, July 2012)
Filippa Lentzos, Regulating Dual Use Risks, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Walter Mendoza, Biosafety and Biosecurity in Peru: An Overview, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Alexander Kelle, The Debate over Synthetic Biology, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Nina G. Gloriani, Biosafety and Biosecurity Activities: Philippines, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Yusuf Zafar, Biosafety and Biosecurity in Pakistan, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Tim Gulden and Jonas Siegel, The Development of Prototype Data Management Systems for the Biological Research Security System (BRSS), (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
David Friedman, The Life Sciences, Biosecurity and Dual Use Research in Israel - An Overview (2004-2010), (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Paul I. Lewis, The Dual Use Research Issue and the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Emmanuelle Tuerlings, Responsible Life Science Research for Global Health Security: an Update, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Jo L. Husbands, Biosecurity Activities of U.S. Scientific Organizations: Examples from NAS and AAAS, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Franca R. Jones, United States Government Policy Efforts to Tackle the Dual Use Dilemma, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
William Ampofo, Update: Biosecurity and Biosafety in Ghana, (Biosecurity Workshop, College Park, Maryland, USA, October 2010)
Meeting Report, "Ensuring Compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention", (Meeting on BWC Compliance Review Processes, July 2009)
Elisa D. Harris, "Statement on the Select Agent Regulations”, (Public Consultation Meeting of the Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States, Bethesda, Maryland, May 2009)
Aktham Haddadin, Laboratory Biosafety - Jordan, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Eiman Abdel Aleem, Biosafety and Biosecurity from a Scientist's Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Zuhayr Tabbarah, Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity: Current Situation in Lebanon, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Mohamed M. Sharif, Three Measures Taken by Libya Toward Transparency, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Khalid R. Temsamani, Improving Biosafety and Biosecurity in the MENA Region, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
David Friedman, Dual Use Biotechnological Research Oversight - an Israeli Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Elisa D. Harris, Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project: Recent Activities, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
John Steinbruner, Managing The Promise and Danger of Biotechnology, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Ali D. Mohammadi, International Health Security: WHO's Strategies on Dual Use Issues, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009)
Elisa D. Harris, Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Prototype Protective Oversight System, (Presentation on a panel on "Dual Use at the Cutting Edge - What to do About Oversight?" at the BWC Meeting of Experts, Geneva, Switzerland, 08/19/2008)
Elisa D. Harris, Plenary Statement, (Statement at BWC Experts Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 08/18/2008)
Elisa D. Harris, "Responsibilities and Process for the Identification and Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern", (Statement for the U.S. Government Public Consultation Meeting on Oversight of Dual Use Life Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, 07/15/2008)
B.P. Steyn, Oversight Over Dual-Use Research in Africa, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Chandre Gould, The Life Sciences, Biosecurity & Dual Use Research, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Rosemary C. Sang, Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance and Research in Kenya, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Abel Waldman, Biosafety & Biosecurity in Zimbabwe's PHL Labs, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
William Ampofo, Status of Biosafety and Biosecurity Efforts in Ghana, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Peter I Folb, WHO and the Way Forward, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Decio Ripandelli, Biosecurity and Ethics for Life Scientists, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Simon Rambau, Presentation on Behalf of the Academy of Science of South Africa, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
John Steinbruner, Managing the Promise and Danger of Biotechnology, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Maxwell Otim Onapa, The Recent Meeting and Policy Development in Uganda's Policy on Biosafety (Biosecurity), (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Achuo Enow, Biosafety and Biosecurity: ICSU ROA Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Ali Dhansay, South African Medical Reseacrh Council: Building a Healthy Nation Through Research, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Joint Statement from Participants, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Rose Leke, Dual Use Research in Africa, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Philip Palmyre, Biosecurity, Biosafety and Biotechnology, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008)
Ottorino Cosivi and Emmanuelle Tuerlings, Life Science Research and Global Health Security, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Ruud Valyasevi, Strengthening Oversight Over Dual-use Research in Asia, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
M.C.N. Jayasuriya, Dual-use Research as Related to Sri Lanka, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Tilak R. Shrestha, National Biosafety Framework in Nepal, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Tikki Pang, The World Health Report: A Safer Future, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Isroil Samihardjo, Strengthening Oversight Over Dual-use Research in Asia: Indonesian Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
John Steinbruner, Managing the Promise and Danger of Biotechnology, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Yusuf Zafar, T.I., Development on Dual Use Issues in Pakistan, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Sivramiah Shantharam, The Basic Elements of Dual-Use Research in Life Sciences, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Shahid Jameel, The International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the Dual-Use Issue, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
David Franz, The Dual-Use Dilemma: An International Challenge and Opportunity, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Ajey Lele, Oversight of Dual-Use Research: An Asian Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2007)
Edison Liu, Keynote Address, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Katsuhisa Furukawa, Challenges of Biosecurity from Japan's Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
John Steinbruner, Managing The Promise and Danger of Biotechnology, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
John Mackenzie, Emerging Viral Disease in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific: The Importance of Biosecurity and the Dilemma of Dual-Use, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Tikki Pang, WHO Perspectives on Life, Sciene Research and Global Health Security, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Jack Radisch, Biosecurity: Securing Pathogens Against Loss and Theft, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Firoza Burhanudeen, Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Song Sang-yong, COMEST's Dream for a Code of Conduct for Scientists, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Nina Gloriani Barzaga, Strengthening Oversight on Dual Use Biotech Research in Asia - The Philippine Perspective, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Takeshi Kurata, Biosafety in Japan, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Bob Mathews, The Indonesia/Australia Biological Weapons Convention Regional Workshop Process: Enhancing Bio-security and Raising the Barriers to Bio-terrorism, (Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Singapore, May 2007)
Elisa D. Harris, Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research: Meeting Report, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
Mario Soberon, Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms: Mexican Experience, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
John Steinbruner, Managing the Destructive Potential of Biotechnology, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
Maria Jose Espona, Developments Among International Scientific and Health Bodies on Dual-Use Issue, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
Walter Mendoza, Global Threats and Regional Response: Security and Epidemiological Surveillance in Andean Contries, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
Roberto J. Fernandez, Biosafety and Dual-Use Scientific Research, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
Ana Maria Tapajos, Dual-Use Research, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
Roque Monteleonoe Neto, Dual-Use Research, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Teresopolis, Brazil, December 2006)
John Steinbruner, "The Argument for Oversight: Developments in the US", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Kathryn Nixdorff, "The Basic Problem: Dual-Use Research", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Karl Simpson, "Biosecurity-Terror Versus Nature", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Geoffrey L. Smith, "Royal Society's Work on Dual-Use Issues", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Simone H.C. Scholze, "Towards a Code of Conduct for Scientists?", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Jozsef Furesz, "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
David B. Sawaya, "Biosecurity in the International Futures Programme of the OECD", (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Ottorino Cosivi, Life Science Research: Opportunities and Risks for Public Health, (Presentation at the Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research, Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006)
Elisa D. Harris, "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research: Meeting Report", (Matrahaza, Hungary, May 2006, )
Elisa D. Harris, Michael Imperiale, Ottorino Cosivi, Ronald Atlas, John Steinbruner, "Biosecurity Challenges in the Post 9-11 World", (Presentation in the Panel "Biosecurity Challenges in the Post 9-11 World" at American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 02/18/2006)
Michael Imperiale, "The Role of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity", (Presentation in the Panel "Biosecurity Challenges in the Post 9-11 World" at American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 02/18/2006)
Ronald Atlas, "Globalizing Biosecurity", (Presentation in the Panel "Biosecurity Challenges in the Post 9-11 World" at American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 02/18/2006)
Ottorino Cosivi, "Implications of Life Sciences R&D for Global Health Security", (Presentation in the Panel "Biosecurity Challenges in the Post 9-11 World" at American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 02/18/2006)
John Steinbruner, "The Argument for Oversight", (Presentation in the Panel "Biosecurity Challenges in the Post 9-11 World" at American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 02/18/2006)
John Steinbruner, "The Protective Oversight of Highly Consequential Biological Research", (Prepared for the Biosafety Parallel Session, International High-Level Forum on Bioeconomy, Beijing, China, 09/14/2005)
Elisa D. Harris, "Biological Threat Reduction: Opportunities and Obstacles", (Presentation before the Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council, 05/20/2005)
Elisa D. Harris, "Outlawing Chemical and Biological Weapons", (presentation at The Paul C. Warnke Conference on the Past, Present and Future of Arms Control, 01/28/2004)
Elisa D. Harris, "Another Approach to Controlling Dangerous Pathogens", (Presentation at a symposium on National Security and Biological Research: "Where are the Boundaries?" The New York Academy of Sciences, 11/11/2003)
Elisa D. Harris, "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens", (Statement at the BWC Meeting of Experts in Geneva, Switzerland, 08/18/2003)
Elisa D. Harris, "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens", (Presentation at the BWC Meeting of Experts in Geneva, Switzerland, 08/18/2003)