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COLLABORATORY: VITAL SYSTEMS SECURITY

The Vital Systems Security collaboration examines how, today, security is being constituted as an object of knowledge, intervention, and political reflection. It proposes that the security of vital systems such as energy, transportation, communication and health is one norm in relationship to which security is being reproblematized. A central goal of the collaboration is to examine these issues through collective, conceptually driven inquiry that addresses rapidly developing contemporary problems.

Category Archives: biopolitics

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The Global Pharmaceutical Pipeline

Posted on June 18, 2007 by alakoff

A recent series of NY Times articles has tracked novel risks emerging from the global food and drug supply chain. China, as has been mentioned before, seems to be the key source of threat. The major issue is that given … Continue reading →

Posted in biopolitics, food safety, infrastructure, risk | Leave a comment

Global Health, NGOs, and Public Health Infrastructure

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, infrastructure | 1 Comment

Global Warming and Security

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, preparedness, risk | 7 Comments

Drugs in the Water

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
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A Research Project on Disease Outbreak Detection

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, early warning systems | 4 Comments

On the Global Politics of Avian Influenza

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
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Counter Counterinsurgency

Posted on January 18, 2007 by lfearnley
Posted in biopolitics, infrastructure | 1 Comment

Disease mapping

Posted on January 2, 2007 by alakoff
Posted in biopolitics, infrastructure | 3 Comments

Biopolitics of Security Network

Posted on December 31, 2006 by scollier
Posted in biopolitics, bioscience | 1 Comment
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