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Chemical Weapons

A soldier allegedly discussing chemical weapons.

Russia appears to be using chemical weapons in Ukraine. And admitting it.

By Matt Field | Chemical Weapons

Soldiers practice responding to a chemical or biological weapons attack.

What’s a chemical weapon? A global weapons treaty could use some clarity

By Lennie Phillips | Chemical Weapons

President Biden with Middle East leaders

Why a WMD-free zone in the Middle East is more needed than ever

By Almuntaser Albalawi | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previews the alliance’s upcoming Madrid Summit with POLITICO journalist Lili Bayer. Photo credit: NATO

Weapons of mass destruction: What will be new in the 2022 NATO strategic concept?

By Rose Gottemoeller | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

Russian troops undergo training

Russia’s non-proliferation disinformation campaign

By Abigail Stowe-Thurston | Chemical Weapons

Public health lab in Georgia.

Russian nuclear and biological disinformation undermines treaties on weapons of mass destruction

By Milton Leitenberg | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

Secretary-General António Guterres seated at a table, addressing a conference

Pathways to a WMD-free zone in the Middle East

By Leonardo Bandarra, Sharon Dolev | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

UNSCOM’s work to uncover Iraq’s illicit biological weapons program: A primer

By Stephen Black, Henrietta Wilson, Filippa Lentzos | Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

leaking 122mm rockets in Iraq, containing chemical nerve agent

UNSCOM: A successful experiment in disarmament

By Åke Sellström | Chemical Weapons

chemical-filled Iraqi mortar shells being scanned for leaks

The many lessons to be drawn from the search for Iraqi WMD

By Terence Taylor | Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

Some long-term effects of UNSCOM: People are important, or, therein lies much of the problem

By Charles A. Duelfer | Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

How countries can build on UNSCOM’s legacy to solve today’s problems

By Ioan Tudor | Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics