Weapons Inspections Don’t Look Like Syria By Paul McLeary September 12, 2013 Now that Syria’s chemical weapons—and not the fact that the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has killed over 100,000 of his own citizens over the past two years—is the main question facing American policymakers and diplomats at the UN, the issue of securing and […]

A 1991 U.S.-Russian Agreement Could Be The Model For Securing Syria’s Chemical Weapons September 12, 2013 By Hayes Brown Russia has provided to the United States its formal proposal for removing chemical weapons from Syria and while details are sparse, part of the plan could involve a two-decade old agreement between Moscow and Washington to […]

Lessons From Destruction of U.S. Chemical Weapons By Ben Kesling September 11, 2013 Even if the international community is able to take control of Syria’s chemical weapons, the U.S. experience in destroying its own stockpiles suggests eliminating those from Damascus could be a complicated, lengthy and even risky endeavor. The U.S. has been systemically destroying […]

Spokesman, James Lewis, joined CCTV to discuss the evidence of chemical weapons usage in Syria

Former U.S. Ambassador Cautions Against Attack on Syria JACKI LYDEN, HOST: As we said earlier, 11 G-20 member nations signed a resolution yesterday supporting a strong international response to the use of chemical weapons. Nine, including Russia, China and Germany, did not sign. They’re calling instead for a diplomatic response. Today, European Union foreign ministers […]