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Chemical-weapon use in Syria: atrocities, attribution, and accountability

Gregory Koblentz, member of our Scientists Working Group, wrote an article in The Nonproliferation Review on recent chemical weapons use in Syria. ABSTRACT: International efforts to hold the government of President Bashar al-Assad accountable for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War have entered a new phase. For the first time, the […]

Controlling Novichoks after Salisbury: revising the Chemical Weapons Convention schedules

Gregory Koblentz, member of our Scientists Working Group, co-authored an article in The Nonproliferation Review on revising the Chemical Weapons Convention schedules. ABSTRACT: Novichok agents are a class of nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In light of the use of a Novichok agent in Salisbury in March 2018, two […]

(Translation): Return of chemical weapons: Molecules of terror

Members of the Science Working Group Gregory Koblentz and John Gilbert spoke with German publication Deutschlandfunk about the dangers of and return of chemical weapons use. From a translated page:  Gregory Koblentz is a chemical weapons expert from the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation in Washington DC: “The IS has repeatedly used chemical weapons. Although […]

The aftermath of Syria’s chemical weapons attacks

Senior Science Fellow John Gilbert, a member of our Scientists Working Group, spoke with Fox News about Syria’s chemical weapons attacks. “There will probably be no further accountability of Syria for its past chemical attacks beyond the damage done after the U.S. missile attacks,” Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Senior Science Fellow, John Gilbert, […]

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