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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

Police officer with a gas mask.

Why is tear gas banned in war but not from peaceful protests?

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Julian Perry Robinson

Julian Perry Robinson, top chemical and biological arms control expert, dies of coronavirus

By Nicholas A. Sims | 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

Rare interview with captured scientist raises alarm over Islamic State chemical weapons program

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

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

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North Korea’s other weapons of mass destruction

By Alexandra Bell, Abby Pokraka | Analysis

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Now it’s murder

By Elisabeth Eaves | Chemical Weapons, What We’re Reading

Unearthing poison: Disposal of abandoned chemical weapons in China

By Wanglai Gao | Uncategorized

Is “zero” the right target for disarmament?: A Chinese response

By Li Bin | Uncategorized

In the zone? Chemical weapons and the Middle East: The Egyptian response

By Mostafa Elwi Saif | Uncategorized

A simple treaty, a complex fulfillment: A short history of the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conferences

By Nicholas A. Sims | Uncategorized