CRM 324 Study Guide - Final Guide: World Health Organization, Bioterrorism, Disease Surveillance
5 Jun 2014
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Worth 70 points, 35% of final grade, 3 hours, 3 essay questions. Infectious diseases have been placed on the security agenda for several reasons. The most general issue is the issue of devastation and control. To put it plainly, infectious diseases are an immense threat. They are a non-traditional security threat and a non-state threat, so they are not contained by physical borders and they are not necessarily in control. As sophal ear writes, emerging infectious diseases pose international security threats because of their potential to inflict harm upon humans, crops, livestock, health infrastructure, and economics including trade/travel. There is also the danger that infectious diseases such as a pandemic influenza can be transmitted easily and all populations would be equally susceptible. Another forceful push for securitizing infectious diseases is political in the sense that the security agenda is state- and organization-driven, as suggested by fidler and davies.
