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Chemical Weapons

  • Managing the Security Risks of Emerging Technologies
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2012

    For more than a decade, the world has witnessed an increasing confluence of rapidly advancing science and its embodiment in practical technologies, the extensive global diffusion of the knowledge and capabilities associated with those developments, and a seemingly unending shift in the international security environment. The scope and intensity of these interactions have generated concern about security risks stemming from the possible misuse of emerging science and technology. The issue is especially acute with respect to the life sciences and related technologies.
  • Obama Warns Syria on Chemical Arms
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2012

    President Barack Obama last month warned the Syrian government that using or moving chemical weapons would be seen as a step that was so serious it could trigger a U.S. military response.
  • Plans for Syrian Chemical Stocks Drafted
    Arms Control Today
    July 5, 2012

    Amid ongoing concerns about the fate of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, officials in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East are making plans to secure it once the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad falls.
  • Libya Sets Date to Destroy Chemical Arms
    Arms Control Today
    May 31, 2012

    Libya has set a target date of December 2013 for complete destruction of its most potent chemical weapons, according to documents circulated at a May 1-4 meeting on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
  • Work Seen Needed on Mideast Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    May 31, 2012

    Although there has been “substantial progress” in organizing a planned conference on creating a Middle Eastern zone free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), it is “clear that further and intensified efforts are needed,” the conference’s facilitator said last month.
  • U.S. Chemical Arms Schedule Extended
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2012

    Destruction of the last elements of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile could take two years longer than previously planned, the Army’s Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program said in an April 17 press release.
  • Banning Long-Range Missiles in the Middle East: A First Step for Regional Arms Control
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2012

    Although the goal of ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is receiving increased attention, it remains a distant prospect. Achieving such an ambitious goal will require a series of incremental steps even to begin the process. An agreement that bans the development and possession of ballistic missiles capable of flying more than 3,000 kilometers and includes members of the Arab League, Iran, Israel, and Turkey is a reasonable first step toward a WMD-free Middle East.
  • Lawmakers Focus on Syrian Weapons
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2012

    A number of U.S. lawmakers have expressed concern that political instability in Syria threatens the security of the country’s chemical and conventional weapons stockpiles as well as its nuclear material. Administration officials have acknowledged the threat and say they will continue to monitor the situation.
  • Accord Reached on CWC’s 2012 Deadline
    Arms Control Today
    January 12, 2012

    Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) voted overwhelmingly on Dec. 1 to approve a document that reaffirms the importance of the treaty’s April 2012 deadline for destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles but does not say countries that failed to meet the deadline would be violating the terms of the pact.
  • OPCW Prepares for More Libya Inspections
    Arms Control Today
    December 2, 2011

    The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is preparing to send inspectors to two previously undeclared sites in Libya, the organization said in a Nov. 4 press release.