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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

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

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

Soldiers practice responding to a chemical or biological weapons attack.

How Russia worked to undermine UN bioweapons investigations

By Filippa Lentzos, Jez Littlewood | Chemical Weapons

Representatives to the Biological Weapons Convention meet.

Twenty-first century perspectives on the Biological Weapon Convention: Continued relevance or toothless paper tiger

By Glenn Cross, Lynn Klotz | Biosecurity

A health care worker in China waits for a coronavirus patient.

Trump touts biodefense strategy but slashes funding to detect and combat outbreaks like coronavirus

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies