Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW)
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General
Posted: January 23, 2002
Ricin Found in London: An al-Qa'ida Connection?- In January, British authorities arrested seven men suspected of producing ricin in their north London apartment.
At least one had attended an al-Qa'ida training camp in Afghanistan.
Posted: December 16, 2002
Limiting the Contribution of the Scientific Literature to the BW Threat- Research in the biosciences has caused concern because of dramatic advances in this field and their potential application to biological warfare and terrorism.
Posted: November 25, 2002
Biosecurity Measures for Preventing Bioterrorism- This essay and the companion research collection provide an introduction to biosecurity measures, a key element among policy efforts to address the threat of bioterrorism.
Posted: November 11, 2002
Renewed Efforts to Strengthen the BTWC- The challenge facing the States Parties at the Conference
will be to find agreement on this delicately balanced draft decision against the
backdrop of a possible total failure of the BTWC review process.
Posted: September 18, 2002
2001 WMD Terrorism Chronology- This chronology covers incidents worldwide involving criminal or ideological motivations, including hoaxes and pranks.
Posted: August 29, 2002
The Conduct of Challenge Inspections Under the Chemical Weapons Convention [PDF]- Proceedings of an Expert Workshop Held on May 29-31, 2002, in Washington D.C.
by Jonathan B. Tucker
Posted: June 5, 2002
Keeping Track of Anthrax: The Case for a Biosecurity Convention- An article by Michael Barletta, Amy Sands, and Jonathan B. Tucker, for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
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From Haber to Heisenberg and Beyond: The Role of Scientists in the Acquisition of WMD
- Washington D.C. Office 2002 Briefing Series, March 26, 2002.
Created April 2, 2002
Posted: April 1, 2002
Deconstructing the Chem-Bio Threat- Testimony by Amy Sands for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Posted: February 2002
The Fifth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC)- Because the conference took place four months after a negotiating forum of member-states known as the "Ad Hoc Group" had failed to agree on a legally binding
Protocol for checking compliance with the BWC, a key objective of the Review Conference was to identify alternative strategies for strengthening the Convention.
Created: 12 November 2001
The Proliferation of Chemical and Biological Weapons Materials and Technologies to State and Sub-State Actors- Testimony by Jonathan B. Tucker, Ph.D. before the Senate Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services.
Created: 22 October 2001
CBW Terrorism Additional ResourcesCreated: 10 October 2001
Anthrax: Background Report- By Eric Croddy
Created: 8 October 2001
Improving Infectious Disease Surveillance to Combat Bioterrorism and Natural Emerging Infections- Testimony by Jonathan B. Tucker, Ph.D, before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
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Issues and Analysis: Assessing the Threat of WMD Terrorism
- Jason Pate and Gary Ackerman, 11 September 2001
Created: August 2001
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Compliance Protocol- The 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) bans the development, stockpiling, transfer, and use of biological weapons (BW)
worldwide, but it does not include formal measures to ensure compliance by its 144 member-states. This lack of an enforcement mechanism has
undermined the effectiveness of the BWC, as it is unable to prevent systematic violations by the Soviet Union/Russia and others.
Created: July 3, 2001
Another Chance to Join In Is Wasted- An article by Jonathan B. Tucker, for the International Herald Tribune.
Created: Fall-Winter 2000
Confidence-Building Measures for the BTWC: Performance and Potential [PDF]- An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.3.
by Marie Isabelle Chevrier & Iris Hunger
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1999 WMD Terrorism Chronology: Incidents Involving Sub-National Actors and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Materials
- Gavin Cameron, Jason Pate, Diana McCauley, & Lindsay DeFazio, NPR, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 2000
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"Better Plan Needed for Curbing Epidemics"
- Jason Pate, Op-Ed, Newsday, November 29, 2000
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Nonproliferation Regimes At Risk
- Michael Barletta and Amy Sands, eds., CNS Occasional Paper No. 3, November 1999
Created: Fall 1999
Assessing the Risk of Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation to Terrorists- An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.4. by Jean Pascal Zanders.
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Assesing the First Year of the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Alexander Kelle, NPR, Vol. 5, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1998
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Verifying a Multilateral Ban on Nuclear Weapons: Lessons from the CWC
- Jonathan B. Tucker, NPR, Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1998
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Terrorism and WMD: Some Preliminary Hypotheses
- Bruce Hoffman, NPR, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1997
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Strengthening the BWC: Lessons from the UNSCOM Experience
- Annabelle Duncan and Kenneth G. Johnson, NPR, Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 1997
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The CWC in the Context of the 1925 Geneva Debates
- Jean Pascal Zanders, NPR, Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1996
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Using Airborne Remote Sensing to Verify the CWC
- Greg D. Rowe, NPR, Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1996
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The Cost of Disarmament: Dismantlement of Weapons and the Disposal of Military Surplus
- Susanne Kopte, Michael Renner and Peter Wilke, NPR, Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 1996
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Controlling the Proliferation of Biological Weapons
- Brad Roberts, NPR, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1994
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"Putting Teeth in the Biological Weapons Ban"
- Jonathan Tucker, Technology Review, January/February 1998
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"Strengthening the BWC: Moving Toward a Compliance Protocol"
- Jonathan Tucker, Arms Control Today, January/February 1998
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"An Unlikely Threat"
- Jonathan B. Tucker and Amy Sands, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 1999
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"Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis"
- Jonathan B. Tucker, Emerging Infectious Diseases, July/August 1999
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"Weapons Spreading"
- William C. Potter and Jonathan B. Tucker, Op-Ed, The Washington Post, May 28, 1999
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"Verifying Compliance to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention"
- Raymond A. Zilinskas, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Special Issue: Biological Weapons, Vol. 24, Issue 3, 1998
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"Averting Failure of the Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Regime"
- Jonathan B. Tucker and Amy Sands, Discussion paper prepared for Strategy Session on "Coping with Nonproliferation Crises" Washington, DC, 3-4 November 1999
Created: Fall 1999
The Deutch Commission Report: An Overview- A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.4.
by Suzanne E. Spaulding.
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Americas
Created: July 12, 2002
Legislative Response to Potential Bioterrorist Threat- On June 12, 2002, President George W. Bush
signed into law the "Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002." The new law seeks to significantly increase America's
ability to prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to bioterrorism in an
efficient and coordinated manner.
Created: May 20, 2002
Anthrax Hoaxes in the United States- More than 750 "hoax" letters claiming to contain anthrax were sent worldwide in October and November.
Created: November 29, 2001
Anthrax And Mass-Casualty Terrorism: What is the Bioterrorist Threat After September 11?- An article by Jason Pate for the U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, Vol. 6, No. 3, November 2001.
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Much Ado Over Anthrax
- An op-ed by Gary Ackerman and Cheryl Loeb for the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Watch Out For America's Own Extremists
- An op-ed by Gary Ackerman and Cheryl Loeb for the The Christian Science Monitor.
Updated: October 2001
Assessing the Threat of Mass-Casualty Bioterrorism- The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have shown that the threat of mass-casualty terrorism has reached the United States.
The subsequent series of anthrax letters has demonstrated that biological terrorism is a reality. These two developmentsmass-casualty
attacks and the use of biological agentshave signaled a new era in terrorism in the United States.
Created: 2001
Bioterrorism: Legal Initiatives for Prevention/Deterrence- Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, April 17, 2001.
Created: Fall-Winter 2000
Biological Terrorism Targeted at Agriculture: The Threat to US National Security [PDF]- A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.3.
by Rocco Casagrande
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The Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A US Response
- Richard G. Lugar, NPR, Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1999
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U.S. Dilemmas in Meeting the CWC's Destruction Deadline
- Cynthia Miller and Christina Larson, NPR, Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1998
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U.S. Senate Ratification of the CWC: Lessons for the CTBT
- John V. Parachini, NPR, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1997
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"America' s Vulnerability to Terrorism: Hype or Siege?"
- John Parachini, Intellectual Capital.com, December 10, 1998
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"Should This Killer Be Put to Death?"
- Jonathan Tucker, The Washington Post, November 30, 1998
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Chemical Weapons Treaty: U.S. Signed, So It Should Comply
- Jonathan Tucker, Christian Science Monitor, July 29, 1998
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"NGOs: Force Multipliers in the CWC Ratifiction Debate"
- John Parachini, in "The Battle to Obtain U.S. Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention," Occasional Paper No. 35, The Henry L. Stimson Center, July 1997
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"Foreign Policy Victory for Clinton, Lott and the Country"
- John Parachini, Intellectual Capital.com, May 1, 1997
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Middle East/Africa
Created: January 23, 2002
Ricin Found in London: An al-Qa'ida Connection?- In January, British authorities arrested seven men suspected of producing ricin in their north London apartment.
At least one had attended an al-Qa'ida training camp in Afghanistan.
Created: December 31, 2002
Al-Qa'ida and Weapons of Mass Destruction- The world's media have reported no less than 56 separate incidents involving al-Qa'ida and WMD, 36 of which have come to light since September 2001.
Created: October 2002
Dusty Agents and the Iraqi Chemical Weapons Arsenal- The New York Times recently reported that, according to an Iraqi defector, Iraq has devised and produced a solid VX formulation that could be
described as a "dusty" agent. The properties of this agent include the ability to adhere and penetrate gaps in chemical-protective garments.
Created: September 23, 2002
Invade and Unleash?- Saddam Hussein might see his biological weapons as an asset to be used only if he is on the brink of destruction.
Created: June 10, 2002
Vaccinate Saddam Against Invasion?- An Op-Ed for the International Herald Tribune by Leonard S. Spector.
Created: May 23, 2002
Debunk the myth of Al Qaeda- An op-ed by Kimberly A. McCloud and Adam Dolnik for The Christian Science Monitor.
Created: Fall-Winter 2001
The Iraqi Maze: Searching for a Way Out- An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3. by David Albright and Kevin O'Neill
Created: Fall-Winter 2001
Israel and Chemical/Biological Weapons: History, Deterrence, and Arms Control [PDF]- An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3. by Avner Cohen
Created: 26 September 2001
Reinstitute Iraq Weapons Inspections- An Op-Ed for the Boston Globe by Leonard S. Spector and Jonathan B. Tucker.
Created: 2001
Iranian Use of Chemical Weapons: A Critical Analysis of Past Allegations- Washington D.C. Office 2001 Briefing Series, March 7, 2001.
Created: Spring 2001
Chemical Weapons and the Iran-Iraq War: A Case Study in Noncompliance [PDF]- Part of a special section for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Javed Ali.
Created: 2001
Profile of a Proliferator: Iraq's Biological Weapons Program- Washington D.C. Office 2002 Briefing Series, February 2, 2001.
Created: Fall-Winter 2000
The South African Chemical and Biological Warfare Program: An Overview [PDF]- An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.3.
by Chandré Gould & Peter I. Folb
Created: Spring-Summer 1999
Does Saudi Arabia Have or Seek Chemical or Biological Weapons? [PDF]- A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.3. by Dany Shoham.
Created: Fall 1998
Chemical Weapons in the Sudan: Allegations and Evidence [PDF]- A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.1. by Michael Barletta.
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Chemical and Biological Weapons in Egypt
- Dany Shoham, NPR, Vol. 5, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1998
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Syria's Chemical and Biological Weapons: Assessing Capabilities and Motivations
- M. Zuhair Diab, NPR, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1997
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Evidence Iraq Used Chemical Weapons During the 1991 Persian Gulf War
- Jonathan B. Tucker, NPR, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1997
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Libya's Pursuit of Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Joshua Sinai, NPR, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1997
Updated: August 1999
IRAQ Special Collection- Focuses on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and UNSCOM.
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NIS
Created: November 4, 2002
The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis: Incapacitants and Chemical Warfare- Following the resolution of the hostage crisis, much
has also been made of the Moscow theater incident with respect to the Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC) and even the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Updated: October 4, 2002
The 1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet Biological Warfare Program- Occasional Paper No. 9, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, June 2002
by Jonathan B. Tucker and Ray Zilinskas.
Updated: August 26, 2002
Public Health Experts Comment on Analysis of the 1971 Smallpox Outbreak in the Soviet Union- CNS invited several leading microbiologists and public
health experts to comment on the analysis of an official Soviet report describing a previously unknown
outbreak of smallpox in 1971 in the city of Aralsk, Kazakhstan.
Created: August 5, 2002
Conflicting Evidence Revives "Yellow Rain" Controversy- Two conflicting pieces of
evidence--a declassified CIA report and a yellow-green shower in
India--may revive the 20-year-old debate over Yellow Rain, which remains a
lingering mystery of the Cold War.
Created: June 17, 2002
CNS Releases Secret Soviet Smallpox Report- CNS released the first authoritative English translation of an official Soviet report describing a previously unknown outbreak of smallpox in 1971 in the city of Aralsk, Kazakhstan, then located on the northern shore of the Aral Sea.
Created: March 19, 2002
Biological Decontamination of Vozrozhdenie Island: The U.S.-Uzbek Agreement- Washington D.C. Office 2002 Briefing Series, January 18, 2002
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Tularemia, Biological Warfare, and the Battle for Stalingrad (1942-1943)
- An editorial by Eric Croddy for Military Medicine, Vol. 166, No. 10, October 2001.
Created: Spring 2001
The "Yellow Rain" Controversy: Lessons for Arms Control Compliance [PDF]- Part of a special section for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Jonathan B. Tucker.
Created: Spring 2001
The Soviet Union, Russia, and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention [PDF]- Part of a special section for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.1.
by Michael Moodie.
Created: 2000
Russian Chemical and Biological Disarmament: A View from Moscow- Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, December 6, 2000.
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Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future
- Gulbarshyn Bozheyeva, Yerlan Kunakbayev, and Dastan Yeleukenov, CNS Occasional Paper No. 1, June 1999 (Updated January 2000)
Created: Fall 1999
Tools to Catalyze International Assistance for Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction- A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.4.
by Kathleen M. Vogel.
Created: Fall 1999
U.S. Assistance to Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction: Identifying the Next Steps- A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.4.
by Igor Khripunov and George W. Parshall.
Created: Spring-Summer 1999
Biological Weapons in the Former Soviet Union: An Interview With Dr. Kenneth Alibek [PDF]- An interview for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.3.
conducted by Jonathan B. Tucker.
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Biological Weapons in the Former Soviet Union: An Interview With Dr. Kenneth Alibek
- conducted by Jonathan B. Tucker, NPR, Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1999
Created: Spring-Summer 1999
Arsenic and Old Weapons: Chemical Weapons Disposal in Russia [PDF]- A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.3.
by Milton E. Blackwood, Jr.
Created: Winter 1999
Ensuring the Security of Russia's Chemical Weapons: A Lab-to-Lab Partnering Program [PDF]- A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.2.
by Kathleen Vogel.
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Ensuring the Security of Russia's Chemical Weapons: A Lab-to-Lab Partnering Program
- Kathleen Vogel, NPR, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 1999
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Converting Former Soviet Chemical Weapons Plants
- Jonathan B. Tucker, NPR, Vol. 4, No. 1, Fall 1996
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Don't Downplay Threat From Moscow's Arsenal
- Igor Khripunov and Jonathan B. Tucker, Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times, August 18, 1999
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East Asia
Updated: 15 March 2001
Chronology of Aum Shinrikyo's CBW Activities- Six years ago, on March 20, 1995, five members of the Japanese cult Aum
Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) boarded subway trains in Tokyo, Japan, and
released the deadly chemical nerve agent sarin.
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Social and Environmental Aspects of Abandoned Chemical Weapons in China
- Hongmei Deng and Peter O'Meara Evans, NPR, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring-Summer 1997
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