This book examines how emergent trends in innovation and its governance are raising new and old
questions about how to control technology. It develops a new framework for understanding how
emergent fields of science and technology emerge as security concerns and the key challenges
these fields pose from a global security perspective. The study focuses on the politics which
have surrounded the emergent field of Synthetic Biology a field which has become emblematic of
both the potentials and limits of more preemptive approaches to governance. This highly
accessible work will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners working on the ethical
responsibilities of innovators and the assessment of emergent technology as well as the global
governance of weapons.
