Chemical Weapons (CW)

Since its entry into force, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) has made significant progress towards universality with as many as 192 states acceding to the Convention by the end of… Continue reading North Korea and Prospects for Chemical Weapons Disarmament

• Kapil Patil
• January-June 2016
• CBW Magazine

Investigating the use of chemical weapons The first inquiry into the use of chemical weapons (CW) in Syria was the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism (SGM) for Investigation of Alleged use… Continue reading Investigating the use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

• Cindy Vestergaard
• January-June 2016
• CBW Magazine

Introduction In October 2008, a series of explosions at the aniline plant of Jilin Petrochemicals in Northeast China killed five workers and injured about seventy. Aniline, a toxic organic compound… Continue reading Chemicals, Controls and Cyber

• Munish Sharma
• July-December 2015
• CBW Magazine

Some big questions following the aftermath of Paris massacre are two-fold. Firstly, whether the so called Islamic State (IS) would now look to acquire capability to develop or use strategic… Continue reading Chemical Anarchy: Islamic State, Chemical Weapon and Syrian War Theatre

• Animesh Roul
• July-December 2015
• CBW Magazine

While the attack on the chemical warehouse in France and the accident in the Taiwanese park are not cases of chemical terrorism in a classical sense, they can be analysed against the backdrop of a ‘chemical incident’.

• Ajey Lele
• June 30, 2015
• IDSA Comments

It is in human nature to take advantage of all available resources to destroy enemies. Poisoned arrows, arsenic, poisonous fumes, hot oils, burning sulphur and other materials have all been… Continue reading Wrong Weapons in Wrong hands: Ensure compliance with readiness

• D. Padma Kumar Pillay
• January-June 2015
• CBW Magazine

In 22nd April, 1915, during the First World War (WWI), German forces used Chlorine gas for the first time, killing thousands of French troops in the battlefields in Ypres, Belgium.1… Continue reading 100 Years On: Strengthening the Norm against Chemical-Weapons Use

• Kapil Patil
• January-June 2015
• CBW Magazine

The Recent epidemic of Ebola caused panic across the world and all efforts are being made to contain its spread. Recent years have also seen incidences of accidents and security… Continue reading Recent Incidences of Global Biosafety and Biosecurity Lapses in Laboratories Need Relook at Implementation of National Policies

• B. M. Gandhi
• July-December 2014
• CBW Magazine

Introduction There is a shared global concern that biological warfare (BW) or bioterror can be initiated in a deliberate use of microbes and toxins aimed at killing or incapacitating people,… Continue reading Strategies to Counter Bioterrorism

• Ram Kumar Dhaked
• July-December 2014
• CBW Magazine

23 July 2012 was an important landmark in the Syrian conflict as on that date the Syrian Government officially acknowledged possessing chemical weapons. However, the spokesperson, Jihad Mikdassi, said that… Continue reading Saga of Chemical Weapons in Syrian Civil War

• Zaki Zaidi
• July-December 2014
• CBW Magazine