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Al Mauroni

Al Mauroni is a senior policy analyst with 40 years of experience with US military chemical and biological defense and is the author of BIOCRISIS: Defining Biological Threats in U.S. Policy.


Articles by Al Mauroni

Memo to Trump: Cut the Pentagon’s chemical and biological defense program

By Al Mauroni | Biosecurity
The Syrian city of Aleppo depicted in the midst of a still ongoing civil war. Credit: British Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Basma CC BY-ND 2.0

Terrorists sometimes use chemical weapons, but the OPCW should focus on states

By Al Mauroni | Analysis, Chemical Weapons, Disruptive Technologies