Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense

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by  Giordano, James

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NEUROTECHNOLOGY
IN NATIONAL SECURITY
AND DEFENSE
Practical Considerations,
Neuroethical Concerns
Advances in Neurotechnology
Series Editor
James Giordano
Neurotechnology: Premises, Potential, and Problems
edited by James Giordano
Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense: Practical
Considerations, Neuroethical Concerns
edited by James Giordano
NEUROTECHNOLOGY
IN NATIONAL SECURITY
AND DEFENSE
Practical Considerations,
Neuroethical Concerns
Edited by JAMES GIORDANO, PhD
Neuroethics Studies Program
Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Center for Neurotechnology Studies
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Arlington, VA, USA

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Contents
Series Preface ............................................................................................................xi
Foreword ................................................................................................................xiii
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................xvii
Editor ......................................................................................................................xxi
Contributors .........................................................................................................xxiii
Chapter 1 Neurotechnology, Global Relations, and National Security:
Shifting Contexts and Neuroethical Demands .....................................1
James Giordano
Chapter 2 Transitioning Brain Research: From Bench to Battlefield .................11
Steve Murray and Matthew A. Yanagi
Chapter 3 Neural Systems in Intelligence and Training Applications ................23
Kay M. Stanney, Kelly S. Hale, Sven Fuchs, Angela (Baskin)
Carpenter, and Chris Berka
Chapter 4 Neurocognitive Engineering for Systems’ Development ...................33
Kelvin S. Oie and Kaleb McDowell
Chapter 5 Neural Mechanisms as Putative Targets for Warfighter
Resilience and Optimal Performance ..................................................51
Martin P. Paulus, Lori Haase, Douglas C. Johnson, Alan N.
Simmons, Eric G. Potterat, Karl Van Orden, and Judith L. Swain
Chapter 6 Neurotechnology and Operational Medicine .....................................65
Carey D. Balaban
Chapter 7 “NEURINT” and Neuroweapons: Neurotechnologies
in National Intelligence and Defense .................................................79
Rachel Wurzman and James Giordano
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Chapter 8 Brain Brinksmanship: Devising Neuroweapons Looking
at Battlespace, Doctrine, and Strategy .............................................115
Robert McCreight
Chapter 9 Issues of Law Raised by Developments and Use of
Neuroscience and Neurotechnology in National Security
and Defense ......................................................................................133
James P. Farwell
Chapter 10 Neuroscience, National Security, and the Reverse Dual-Use
Dilemma ...........................................................................................167
Gary E. Marchant and Lyn M. Gaudet
Chapter 11 Neuroskepticism: Rethinking the Ethics of Neuroscience
and National Security .......................................................................179
Jonathan H. Marks
Chapter 12 Prison Camp or “Prison Clinic?”: Biopolitics, Neuroethics,
and National Security .......................................................................199
Kyle Thomsen
Chapter 13 Between Neuroskepticism and Neurogullibility: The Key
Role of Neuroethics in the Regulation and Mitigation
of Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense ....................217
Paolo Benanti
Chapter 14 Why Neuroscientists Should Take the Pledge: A Collective
Approach to the Misuse of Neuroscience ........................................227
Curtis Bell
Chapter 15 Military Neuroenhancement and Risk Assessment .........................239
Keith Abney, Patrick Lin, and Maxwell Mehlman
Chapter 16 Can (and Should) We Regulate Neurosecurity?:
Lessons from History .......................................................................249
James Tabery