What Next For US Space Diplomacy?
…military use of space. A proactive US approach to space and ASAT weapons is perhaps even more difficult to implement. President Reagan’s vision of space-based defenses that would make nuclear…
Space: A Code of Conduct
…to gain traction. During the Cold War, if one superpower decided to attack the other’s satellites, it could expect a devastating response, perhaps by nuclear weapons that relied on satellites….
2023 Catalogue of Civil Society Activities Supporting the Chemical Weapons Convention
…the CWC States Parties, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, international organizations, and industry…
Barry Blechman’s article on chemical weapons in the Middle East published at CNN
…September when he agreed to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention barring the use of such weapons and to permit the supervised destruction of all his chemical weapon stocks. The move…
The Pathogens For Peace Initiative: Expanding Resources to Address Neglected Diseases, Promote Economic Development, and Support Sustained Scientific Engagement
…that, if leveraged, could produce significant advances to the dual threats of neglected diseases and biological weapons proliferation. By integrating Canada’s public health investments in vaccine/therapeutic drug development and foreign…
A Farewell to (Illicit) Arms: Addressing the Uncontrolled Trade of Small Arms in 2012
…arms and prevent diversion, but are ultimately insufficient barriers to containing the corrosive impact of conventional weapons on international peace and security. The focus on conventional arms at the United…
Start Planning Now to Secure CBRN Materials in Iran
Another Nuclear Security Crisis When the Soviet Union ended, a forward-looking group of U.S. lawmakers and statesmen had been planning for months how to ensure that Soviet nuclear weapons were…
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Seven Years After 9/11
…Commission report was issued, there has been no evidence to suggest that terrorist interest in nuclear weapons has abated. Yet, reporting one year after the release of the original 9/11…