Chemical Weapons (CW)

The spectre of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) warfare has led to the formation of global disarmament architecture. The Chemical Weapons convention (CWC) forms an important part of this architecture.… Continue reading CWC’s First Decade

• Ajey Lele
• September-December 2007
• CBW Magazine

Afghan Taliban’s campaign against female education and empowerment is well known. This campaign reached new heights when unidentified poison attacks occurred targeting several girls schools located in Kapisa and Parwan… Continue reading News Analysis: Chemical Substance Attacks in Afghan Schools

• Animesh Roul
• CBW Magazine

Apart from South Africa, Egypt and Libya appear to be the most important countries in the African continent, in terms of Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferation and deproliferation processes.… Continue reading Chemical and Biological Weapons in Egypt and Libya

• Dany Shoham
• CBW Magazine

Introduction The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on ‘the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction’ was signed in January, 1993 in Paris.… Continue reading Accomplishments in the Elimination of Chemical Weapons – A Fact Sheet

• H.R. Naidu Gade
• CBW Magazine

The Montreal Protocol (MP), which came into effect in 1989, deals with the elimination of substances that lead to the depletion of the ozone layer. The MP has been widely… Continue reading Relevance of Montreal Protocol in the Contemporary Debates on the Use of Refrigerants

• Vineeth Krishnan
• CBW Magazine

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had come as a major surprise to the international community primarily because the massive destructive capacity of the atom was only fictional before then.… Continue reading NBC threats and India’s Preparedness

• Soumya Tiwari
• CBW Magazine

US President Barack Obama’s April 30, 2013 statement that the US would “…take military action against Syria if hard, effective evidence is found of use of chemical weapons and if… Continue reading Syrian Civil War and the Chemical Weapons Use

• Swati Bute
• CBW Magazine

Royal United Service Institute (RUSI; London) and Observer Research Foundation (ORF; New Delhi) recently completed a study titled “Chemical, Biological and Radiological Materials: An Analysis of Security Risks and Terrorist… Continue reading CBR Security: India’s Threats and Vulnerabilities

• Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
• CBW Magazine

The year 2012 signifies the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international agreement that prohibits all activities related to development, production, stockpiling… Continue reading Chemical Weapons Profile of Angola

• Babjee Pothuraju
• CBW Magazine

Introduction The Chemical Weapons Convention 1993 (CWC) entrered into force (EIF) in April 1997 and presently has 190 members covering nearly 98% of the world population. The Organisation for Prohibition… Continue reading Challenge Inspection Regime of the CWC: Salient Features*

• H.R. Naidu Gade
• CBW Magazine