Dogs that Haven’t Barked:
Towards an Understanding of the Absence of Expected Technological Threats

July 6–7, 2016

Center for Global Security Research hosted a workshop to investigate why some consistently predicted threats from science and technology have not manifested with the impacts to international security as forecasted. During the workshop “Dogs That Haven’t Barked: Towards an Understanding of the Absence of Expected Technological Threats,” participants used two specific cases to focus the discussion: biotechnology and man-portable air defense systems.