In early 2007 the Indonesian government announced that it would cease sharing H5N1
influenza virus samples with the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Influenza …

This book is about securitization as a theory, a policy, and a framework. 1 Since the
publication of Buzan, Wæver and de Wilde's Security: A New Framework for Analysis in …

Should the global AIDS pandemic be framed as an international security issue? Drawing on
securitization theory, this article argues that there is a complex normative dilemma at the …

Every era, it is said, has its defining malady. What will be ours? Will it be a new human
pandemic caused by an animal-borne infectious disease, such as swine flu? Will it be a …

Part of the research conducted for this book was supported through a grant made available
by the British Academy (BARDA-47928). A different version of chapter 4 has appeared …

In the decade and a half since its initial formulation and development, securitization theory
has evolved into a remarkably broad and vibrant area of research. Indeed, it is difficult to …

The rise of health issues such as HIV, pandemic influenza and Ebola on international
agendas has led to the framing of threats to health as security issues. This has created an …

As is so often the case, clichés can obscure the existence of a deeper truth. It has become
traditional for books examining the global dimensions of health to begin with a statement to …

It has been widely speculated that violent conflict acts as a key contributor to the
transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Yet to date no empirical examination …

This article analyses the conjunctures of risk and security that have recently emerged in the
securitization of HIV/AIDS. Although these partially corroborate Ulrich Beck's notion of risk …