The Russia-US deal to eliminate Damascus’ stockpile has achieved a great deal—far more than the alternative would have accomplished, writes Kingston Reif in his June Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Column.
CCTV Discusses “Missed” Chemical Weapons with James Lewis
Communications director, James Lewis joins CCTV to discuss the international community missing the OPCW deadline to rid Syria of chemical weapons by 2014.
Bloomberg Businessweek Story on Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction Quotes Center Spokesman
“I think the council wants a better picture of Syria’s arsenal and stockpile locations before establishing a time line that it might need to walk back at a future date,” said James Lewis, communications director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a Washington research group.
Questions on U.S.-Russian Framework to Remove Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Eleven questions and answers designed to examine the effectiveness and potential success of the U.S.-Russian framework to rid Syria of its chemical weapons.
National Post Story on Chemical Weapons Tactics Quotes James Lewis
The 1995 sarin attack on a Tokyo subway by Aum Shinrikya terrorists, which killed 13 commuters and injured hundreds of others, hinted at the more widespread horrors the weapons could inflict in the hands of terrorists or rogue states, said Jim Lewis of the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation in Washington.
