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biological weapons

UN Security Council members abstaining on Russian resolution in November 2022

False Russian claims hijacked the biological weapons treaty. Here’s how to reclaim it

By Eva Siegmann | Biosecurity, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Henry Kissinger.

Henry Kissinger supported wars and coups. He also played a little-known role in eliminating bioweapons

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A test of antibacterial resistance.

Can’t quite develop that dangerous pathogen? AI may soon be able to help

By Allison Berke | Biosecurity

Bacteria.

Climate or conflict? Legionnaire’s outbreak in Poland raises questions

By Filippa Lentzos, Gemma Bowsher | Biosecurity

A biological weapons threat to Ukraine is a biological weapons threat to the world

By Asha M. George | Biosecurity

Stepnogorsk biologial weapons plant.

Amid false Russian allegations of US “biolabs” in Ukraine, it’s worth asking: What is a bioweapon?

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Russian troops undergo training

Russia’s non-proliferation disinformation campaign

By Abigail Stowe-Thurston | Chemical Weapons

How UNSCOM found and destroyed Iraq’s biological weapons

By Filippa Lentzos, Henrietta Wilson | Biosecurity

Between two wars

By Rolf Ekéus | Disruptive Technologies

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