Alexander Kelle
Biographic Data
| ID | 1472345 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Kelle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelle |
| SIGNATURE | KELLE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of International Relations |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gain-of-function virology as dual-use research of concern: Variations of securitization in the United States
Ever since the advent of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970s concerns have been expressed about the misuse potential of this and subsequent biotechnology breakthroughs. This article focuses on the securitization of gain-of-function (GOF) virology research in the United States, utilizing an updated theoretical framework that distinguishes between "riskification" and "threatification." The paper examines three distinct cases, two historic…
Power in the chemical weapons prohibition regime and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention and beyond: Key themes and the prospects of incremental change
States parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) will convene for the Third Review Conference of the treaty in April 2013. With the destruction of chemical weapon stockpiles more than 75 per cent complete and ongoing changes in the scientific, industrial and security environment in which the CWC operates, some have argued that major adaptations in the implementation of the treaty are required. However, on the basis of regular participant o…
A life scientist, an engineer and a social scientist walk into a lab: Challenges of dual-use engagement and education in synthetic biology
The discussion of dual-use education is often predicated on a discrete population of practicing life scientists exhibiting certain deficiencies in awareness or expertise. This has lead to the claim that there is a greater requirement for awareness raising and education amongst this population. However, there is yet to be an inquiry into the impact of the 'convergent' nature of emerging techno-sciences upon the prospects of dual-use education. The…
Experiential Learning in an Arms Control Simulation
This paper discusses an arms control simulation that formed a central part of the course, Controlling Chemical and Biological Weapons. Based on the experiential learning approach this simulation sought to (a) provide an active learning context for students to acquire an in-depth understanding of central aspects of biological arms control, and (b) gain an appreciation for the complexities of multilateral diplomacy in general and arms control negot…
International Nonregimes: A Research Agenda
Why are multilateral institutions absent from some areas of international relations? Governments have not concluded regulatory policy agreements on tactical nuclear weapons and small arms control, deforestation, information privacy, and other transnational issues. The absence of regimes in such policy arenas is an empirical phenomenon with considerable theoretical and policy implications. Yet, existing scholarship on global governance largely ign…
Securitization of International Public Health: Implications for Global Health Governance and the Biological Weapons Prohibition Regime
This article analyzes the extent to which international public health has become securitized and what effects this has on global health governance and the biological weapons control regime. Attempts to securitize public health are traced in the two multilateral discursive spaces of greatest rele vance to biological weapons arms control and international public health; the community of state parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, and the Wo…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Security Regimes — The Chemical Weapons Control Regime's First Six Years of Operation
Utilitarian and Normative Approaches to Arms Control
A not very widespread, but nevertheless useful, way of thinking about arms control and its proponents is to distinguish between two approaches or schools: the utilitarians and the normativists. Utilitarians and normativists can be conceived of as ideal types on opposite ends of the spectrum of arms control supporters. Whereas utilitarians ask “what can arms control do for us,” normativists seek to answer the question “what can we do for arms cont…
Strengthening the effectiveness of the BTW control regime – feasibility and options
The article raises the question of the feasibility of strengthening the effectiveness of the BTW control regime and compares two different approaches to achieve this end: the proposed Compliance Protocol to the BTWC and an alternative set of measures. After outlining the conceptual framework, the article discusses the characteristics of the BTW control regime and its current level of effectiveness. It then provides an analysis of the Compliance P…
The German debate on nuclear weapons and disarmament
International Nonregimes: A Research Agenda
Why are multilateral institutions absent from some areas of international relations? Governments have not concluded regulatory policy agreements on tactical nuclear weapons and small arms control, deforestation, information privacy, and other transnational issues. The absence of regimes in such policy arenas is an empirical phenomenon with considerable theoretical and policy implications. Yet, existing scholarship on global governance largely ign…
Experiential Learning in an Arms Control Simulation
This paper discusses an arms control simulation that formed a central part of the course, Controlling Chemical and Biological Weapons. Based on the experiential learning approach this simulation sought to (a) provide an active learning context for students to acquire an in-depth understanding of central aspects of biological arms control, and (b) gain an appreciation for the complexities of multilateral diplomacy in general and arms control negot…
Securitization of International Public Health: Implications for Global Health Governance and the Biological Weapons Prohibition Regime
This article analyzes the extent to which international public health has become securitized and what effects this has on global health governance and the biological weapons control regime. Attempts to securitize public health are traced in the two multilateral discursive spaces of greatest rele vance to biological weapons arms control and international public health; the community of state parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, and the Wo…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Security Regimes — The Chemical Weapons Control Regime's First Six Years of Operation
The German debate on nuclear weapons and disarmament
Utilitarian and Normative Approaches to Arms Control
A not very widespread, but nevertheless useful, way of thinking about arms control and its proponents is to distinguish between two approaches or schools: the utilitarians and the normativists. Utilitarians and normativists can be conceived of as ideal types on opposite ends of the spectrum of arms control supporters. Whereas utilitarians ask “what can arms control do for us,” normativists seek to answer the question “what can we do for arms cont…
Strengthening the effectiveness of the BTW control regime – feasibility and options
The article raises the question of the feasibility of strengthening the effectiveness of the BTW control regime and compares two different approaches to achieve this end: the proposed Compliance Protocol to the BTWC and an alternative set of measures. After outlining the conceptual framework, the article discusses the characteristics of the BTW control regime and its current level of effectiveness. It then provides an analysis of the Compliance P…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Security Regimes — The Chemical Weapons Control Regime's First Six Years of Operation
International Nonregimes: A Research Agenda
Why are multilateral institutions absent from some areas of international relations? Governments have not concluded regulatory policy agreements on tactical nuclear weapons and small arms control, deforestation, information privacy, and other transnational issues. The absence of regimes in such policy arenas is an empirical phenomenon with considerable theoretical and policy implications. Yet, existing scholarship on global governance largely ign…
Securitization of International Public Health: Implications for Global Health Governance and the Biological Weapons Prohibition Regime
This article analyzes the extent to which international public health has become securitized and what effects this has on global health governance and the biological weapons control regime. Attempts to securitize public health are traced in the two multilateral discursive spaces of greatest rele vance to biological weapons arms control and international public health; the community of state parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, and the Wo…
Experiential Learning in an Arms Control Simulation
This paper discusses an arms control simulation that formed a central part of the course, Controlling Chemical and Biological Weapons. Based on the experiential learning approach this simulation sought to (a) provide an active learning context for students to acquire an in-depth understanding of central aspects of biological arms control, and (b) gain an appreciation for the complexities of multilateral diplomacy in general and arms control negot…
A life scientist, an engineer and a social scientist walk into a lab: Challenges of dual-use engagement and education in synthetic biology
The discussion of dual-use education is often predicated on a discrete population of practicing life scientists exhibiting certain deficiencies in awareness or expertise. This has lead to the claim that there is a greater requirement for awareness raising and education amongst this population. However, there is yet to be an inquiry into the impact of the 'convergent' nature of emerging techno-sciences upon the prospects of dual-use education. The…
The Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention and beyond: Key themes and the prospects of incremental change
States parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) will convene for the Third Review Conference of the treaty in April 2013. With the destruction of chemical weapon stockpiles more than 75 per cent complete and ongoing changes in the scientific, industrial and security environment in which the CWC operates, some have argued that major adaptations in the implementation of the treaty are required. However, on the basis of regular participant o…
Power in the chemical weapons prohibition regime and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Gain-of-function virology as dual-use research of concern: Variations of securitization in the United States
Ever since the advent of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970s concerns have been expressed about the misuse potential of this and subsequent biotechnology breakthroughs. This article focuses on the securitization of gain-of-function (GOF) virology research in the United States, utilizing an updated theoretical framework that distinguishes between "riskification" and "threatification." The paper examines three distinct cases, two historic…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Arms control (5 works) · Control (management (5 works) · Nuclear Issues and Defense (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works)