Chemical Weapons (CW)

China is an extremely difficult subject to study where sensitive military matters particularly related to Chemical and Biological weapons (CBW) are concerned.During the 1920s, the Chinese warlords had expressed interest… Continue reading Chemical Weapons: A Case Study of China

• Gunjan Singh
• October-December 2008
• CBW Magazine

North Korea started developing its chemical weapons in 1947 as the Korean People’s Army addressed the theory of chemical weapons operational doctrines. In 1954 the army reportedly established regular chemical… Continue reading North Korea’s Chemical and Biological Weapons

• Hayoun Jessie Ryou
• April-June 2008
• CBW Magazine

Russia’s declared stockpile of tens of thousands of tons of chemical weapons are stored in seven sites across the country. According to Chemical Weapons Convention, Russia has to fulfill the… Continue reading Russia’s Chemical Weapons Programme

• Nivedita Das Kundu
• January-March 2008
• CBW Magazine

The North Korean chemical weapons programme is shrouded in mystery. North Korea is capable of producing all of the traditional warfare agents. Download Complete Article [PDF]

• Monalisa Joshi
• September-December 2007
• CBW Magazine

The CWC will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2022 since its 1997 entryinto-force. The accomplishments of its implementation agency, the OPCW, have been many including safe and verified elimination of… Continue reading In Search of a Chemical Weapons-Free World: Three Decades of Abolishing Chemical Weapons

• Paul F. Walker
• July-December 2021
• CBW Magazine

The U.S. Department’s sanctioning of over 280 individuals and entities linked to Russia for allegedly using chloropicrin against Ukrainian forces in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War has been challenged by the… Continue reading Chloropicrin: The Contested Chemical in Russia-Ukraine War

• Abhishek Verma
• July-December 2024
• CBW Magazine

This article examines how improved civil society participation within the OPCW can be instrumental in strengthening the principles of the Chemical Weapons Convention, especially the challenge of non-proliferation and prevention… Continue reading Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention through improved civil society participation

• Aayushi Sharma
• July-December 2024
• CBW Magazine

The civil war in Syria exposed significant failures in global non-proliferation mechanisms. Despite Syria’s 2013 accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention, chemical weapons were used repeatedly with limited accountability. Political… Continue reading Destruction of Chemical Weapons Facilities in Syria

• Nachiket Kondhalkar
• July-December 2024
• CBW Magazine

It is difficult to escape the conclusion that two decades have been wasted due to the persistent weakness of a crucial component of the Web of Prevention-the Biological and Toxin… Continue reading The Chemical Weapons Convention as a Model for WMD Elimination: A Civil Society Perspective on the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Negotiations of a Verification Protocol 1994 – 2001

• Malcolm Dando , Simon Whitby
• July-December 2024
• CBW Magazine

To address the issue of Fentanyl-related deaths in the United States (US), the US House of Representative Michael McCaul introduced a bill for the Project Precursor Act on 11 May… Continue reading Analysing the Project Precursor Bill

• Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak
• July-December 2023
• CBW Magazine