Chemical Weapons (CW)

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

• Namrata Goswami
• Book

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… Continue reading Novichok and Murkier case of Navalny poisoning: Is Russia Flouting Chemical Weapon Convention obligations?

• Animesh Roul
• July-December 2021
• CBW Magazine

Abstract Despite the existence of several mechanisms and frameworks that regulate the use and production of CBWs, they continue to exist, and pose risk to environmental and human health. Their… Continue reading Unprecedented Environmental Impacts of Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Critical Appraisal

• Dhanasree Jayaram , Yashaswini Patel
• January-June 2021
• CBW Magazine

Abstract: Relations between India and Pakistan have remained hostile, since partition, owing to varied geopolitical reasons. They both compete against each other in conventional and nuclear arms. While the threat… Continue reading Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons (NCBW) in India & Pakistan Equation: Past & Present

• Ankit Kumar
• July-December 2020
• CBW Magazine

Abstract: Syria acquired the capability to produce chemical weapons in order to counter Israel’s chemical weapons program. It imported chemical weapon precursor and dual-use production equipment from other countries including Russia,… Continue reading Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

• Lakshmi Priya
• July-December 2020
• CBW Magazine

Abstract: Chemical attacks are not normal crimes as they have important consequences for national and international security, but they are also crimes that law enforcement authorities are obliged to investigate… Continue reading The National Security Impact of Crimes Using Chemical Agents

• Ian Anthony
• July-December 2020
• CBW Magazine