Animesh Roul

In the context of the recent Hantavirus and Ebolavirus outbreaks, this commentary examines the weakness in international health preparedness against zoonotic spillovers, travel-linked clusters, biosafety, biosecurity, pathogen sharing and equitable...

• Animesh Roul |
• January-June 2026 |
• CBW Magazine

Gujarat police’s recent seizure of four kg of castor-bean mash, which is used to extract ricin, marks India’s first confirmed seizure of the bio-toxin intended for subversive purposes.

• Animesh Roul |
• November 13, 2025 |
• IDSA Comments

As the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) commemorates its 50th anniversary, the UNODA has released a landmark publication in February 2025, titled “The Biological Weapons Convention at Fifty: Codifying 100 Years...

• Harshada Kondlekar, Animesh Roul |
• January-June 2025 |
• CBW Magazine

Reports of the US secret biodefence activties surfaced in 2001 and questions were raised regarding the nature of the following programmes: Project Jefferson, Project Bacchus and Project Clear Vision. A...

• Animesh Roul |
• September-December 2007 |
• CBW Magazine

The paper discusses the use of white phosphorus (WP) munitions in recent conflict zones such as Ukraine, Gaza, and Nagorno-Karabakh, highlighting the significant legal, ethical, and humanitarian issues it raises....

• Animesh Roul |
• July-December 2023 |
• CBW Magazine

The growing trend of disinformation operations is weakening the trust in international community general and multilateral institutions in particular. The policy of biological weapons disinformation is being pursued by all...

• Animesh Roul |
• July-December 2022 |
• CBW Magazine

The shifting terrain of national security threats has broadened to include not just traditional geopolitical and military risks, but also challenges emerging from the realms of cyber and biology, forming...

• Animesh Roul |
• January-June 2023 |
• CBW Magazine

Abstract: Novichok nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War emerged as a lethal tool due to their use in attempted assassinations recently. Two such attempts involving...

• Animesh Roul |
• July-December 2021 |
• CBW Magazine

In late November 2019, the US representative Thomas DiNanno raised Myanmar’s non-compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in a statement to the 24th CSP (Conference of State Parties) at...

• Animesh Roul |
• July-December 2019 |
• CBW Magazine

The incident of poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence official, and his daughter on March 4, 2018 in Salisbury, (United Kingdom) allegedly by the Russians has caught...

• Animesh Roul |
• January-June 2018 |
• CBW Magazine