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"Though we have acheived progress, our work is not over. That is why I support the mission of the Arms Control Association. It is, quite simply, the most effective and important organization working in the field today." 

– Larry Weiler
Former U.S.-Russian arms control negotiator
August 7, 2018
Biological Weapons
  • Disputes Mire BWC Review Conference
    January 11, 2017

    Iran’s demands on verification talks thwart agreement on steps to strengthen biological weapons ban.

  • Nations Debate How to Review BWC
    September 1, 2016

    The Biological Weapons Convention comes up for review in November. In Geneva, the states-parties debated what needs to be done to improve the treaty, which prohibits development and production of biological weapons.

  • BWC Committee Makes Preparations
    May 31, 2016

    An April preparatory committee meeting in Geneva addressed primarily procedural topics and heard new pledges of support as countries readied for the upcoming quinquennial review...

  • BWC Parties Prepare for Review Meeting
    January 14, 2016
  • BOOK REVIEW: Playing Offense and Defense on Biological Weapons
    July 8, 2015
  • BWC Parties Start Looking to 2016
    January 8, 2015

    With the attention of many delegations starting to turn toward the 2016 review conference, the states-parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) met Dec. 1-5 in Geneva.

  • The 2014 Jonathan Tucker Conference on Chemical and Biological Arms Control
    December 12, 2014

    First Jonathan Tucker Conference on Biological and Chemical Weapon Arms Control. Discussing Syria, OPCW, and history of chemical warfare.

  • Four New States Join BWC
    May 2, 2013

    Four new states have acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) since January 2013, bringing the total number of states-parties to 170.

  • Accelerating Threat, Stalled Strategy: A Call to Action on Biological Weapons
    December 4, 2012

    Four years ago, President-elect Barack Obama told the country that “conventional thinking has failed to keep up with new nuclear, chemical, and biological threats.” Upon taking office, he immediately began working toward ambitious nuclear disarmament goals, making his first major foreign address a vow to “seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”

  • Science, Technology, and the Biological Weapons Convention
    October 2, 2012

    The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), which currently has 165 states-parties, is the principal international legal instrument against biological warfare. Developments in science and technology pose a continuing challenge to the treaty and the broader biological weapons nonproliferation regime. If they are applied to state or nonstate biological weapons programs, these developments can undermine the treaty’s prohibitions.

     

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