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Maritime Law Enforcement Operations and Intelligence in an Age of Maritime Security
This article examines maritime law enforcement operations and intelligence activities in the context of maritime security. First describing the role of navies and coast guards in maritime security, this article then explores the relationship between law enforcement operations and actionable intelligence. In particular, it focuses on maritime domain awareness (MDA), and how MDA functions as a form of intelligence. Next, the article discusses maritime domain awareness under international law before looking to the tension between intelligence collection and visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations, both on the high seas and in waters under national jurisdiction. The article closes by delving into practical measures and then concluding
Maritime Security
On a global scale, the central tool for responding to complex security challenges is public international law. This handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the relationship between international law and global security
Animal models for COVID-19
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the aetiological
agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an emerging respiratory infection
caused by the introduction of a novel coronavirus into humans late in 2019 (frst
detected in Hubei province, China). As of 18 September 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has spread
to 215 countries, has infected more than 30 million people and has caused more than
950,000 deaths. As humans do not have pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2, there
is an urgent need to develop therapeutic agents and vaccines to mitigate the current
pandemic and to prevent the re-emergence of COVID-19. In February 2020, the World
Health Organization (WHO) assembled an international panel to develop animal
models for COVID-19 to accelerate the testing of vaccines and therapeutic agents.
Here we summarize the fndings to date and provides relevant information for
preclinical testing of vaccine candidates and therapeutic agents for COVID-19.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio