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The following is a list of links to recent articles, papers and reports on chemical disarmament, non-proliferation, assistance and protection, international cooperation and other related issues.
Angola, UK, OPCW and VERTIC co-organize CWC/BWC universality workshops Vertic
25 April 2013Full story
Drawing the Line: Regulation of "wide area" riot control agent delivery mechanisms under the Chemical Weapons Convention Bradford Non-lethal Weapons Project & Omega Research Foundation
17 April 2013Full story
The future of the CWC in the post-destruction phase EU Institute for Security Studies
27 March 2013Full story
The meaning of Halabja Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
25 March 2013Full story
Thinking of Halabja Today – 25 Years Later Arms Control Law
17 March 2013Full story
Halabja 25 years on: could it happen again? VERTIC
07 March 2013Full story
Syrian Chemical Weapons to Lebanon: How Likely? Arms Control Law
16 February 2013Full story
The Third Review Conference of the CWC and beyond: key themes and the prospects of incremental change International Affairs (Chatham House)
15 January 2013Full story
How to Revitalize Disarmament Efforts Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
09 January 2013Full story
The CWC: Policy and Planning Aspects SIPRI Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme
31 December 2012Full story
Paths forward for the Nuclear Suppliers Group Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
31 December 2012Full story
Time for Angola to Ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention Institute for Security Studies
11 December 2012Full story
How to prevent the spread and use of Syria's chemical weapons Christian Science Monitor
11 December 2012Full story
Civil society contributions to the operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention VERTIC
29 November 2012Full story
Reflections on Education about the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with a View to Sensitizing African Chemistry Educators EC2E2N NewsLetter November 2012, Vol.13, N.5
26 November 2012Full story
Blisters and Sanctions Middle East Research and Information Project
25 November 2012Full story
Future of the Chemical Weapons Convention: transitioning towards the post-destruction phase European Union Institute for Security Studies
14 November 2012Full story
A review on delayed toxic effects of sulfur mustard in Iranian veterans 7th Space Interactive
10 October 2012Full story
Syria revisited: international law and the use of biological weapons VERTIC
05 October 2012Full story
Threat posed by chemical weapons remains serious global concern, says Ban UN News Centre
01 October 2012Full story
Working to counter weapons of mass destruction swissinfo.ch
24 September 2012Full story
New weapons may “present a slippery slope” swissinfo.ch
24 September 2012Full story
Syria: International law and the use of chemical weapons VERTIC
24 August 2012Full story
Trust, but socially verify Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
14 August 2012Full story
UN Targets Syria’s Weapons Chemical & Engineering News
13 August 2012Full story
New substances 15,000 times more effective in destroying chemical warfare agents Phys.org
09 August 2012Full story
Africa: Tear Gas Seen as a Potentially Lethal Weapon allAfrica.com/Radio Netherlands Worldwide
06 August 2012Full story
News Analysis: Chemical Substance Attacks in Afghan Schools CBW Magazine
24 July 2012Full story
CBR Security: India's Threats and Vulnerabilities CBW Magazine
24 July 2012Full story
Oxytocin, the 'Trust Hormone,' Could Become New Interrogation Tool U.S. News
24 July 2012Full story
Use of chemical weapons in Syria would be ‘reprehensible’ – UN chief, UN News Centre
23 July 2012Full story
OPCW remembers victims of Iraq chemical attack on Iran in 1987 Tehran Time
27 June 2012Full story
Industrial chemicals usage shifting to S-Asia Daily FT (Sri Lanka)
27 June 2012Full story
Syria’s nonconventional arms could be up for grabs as crisis rages Daily Star (Lebanon)
27 June 2012Full story
Syrian Conflict Promises Toxic Outcome Yale Global Online
26 June 2012Full story
Reducing security threats from chemical and biological materials SIPRI Yearbook 2012
20 June 2012Full story
Plant uses chemical weapons to make mice spit out its seeds, Discover Magazine
14 June 2012Full story
Social Media, New Tech Could Support WMD Monitoring, U.S. Official Says Global Security Newswire
12 June 2012Full story
Legally incapacitated, politically outmaneuvered Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
07 June 2012Full story
Work Seen Needed on Mideast Meeting Arms Control Today
05 June 2012Full story
Libya Sets Schedule for Eliminating Chemical Weapons Global Security Newswire
31 May 2012Full story
Report on Fatal Explosion Adds Fuel to Chemical Security Debate Global Security Newswire
16 May 2012Full story
Oxytocin, the 'Trust Hormone,' Could Become New Interrogation Tool U.S. News & World Report
16 May 2012Full story
Assembly head urges countries to overcome deadlock in UN disarmament body UN News Centre
15 May 2012Full story
A Flexible Nerve-Gas Sensor Chemical & Engineering News
09 May 2012Full story
Middle East WMD-Free Zone Meeting Faces Unclear Fate Global Security Newswire
09 May 2012Full story
Believing in a Mideast WMD-free zone International Institute for Strategic Studies
04 May 2012Full story
Libya Honors Chemical Weapons Plan Deadline: OPCW Defense News
02 May 2012Full story
Seizing the Opportunity to Create a WMD-free Middle East James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
02 May 2012Full story
Help or Harm? Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK)
01 May 2012Full story
Chemical Weapons Convention Hits Milestone Anniversary Global Security Newswire
30 April 2012Full story
Al-Qaeda’s new playbook counts on chemical attack BioPrepWatch
25 April 2012Full story
Canada to help Libya destroy mustard gas stockpiles Reuters
24 April 2012Full story
U.N. Chief Presses Holdout Nations to Join Chemical Weapons Convention UN Department of Public Information
24 April 2012Full story
Chemical weapons destruction deadline missed Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
24 April 2012Full story
Enzyme may counter nerve gas attack Press Association (UK)
20 April 2012Full story
Interdiction des armes chimiques :réalisations, défis et nouvelles priorités de la Convention Bérangère Rouppert
18 April 2012Full story
The Impact of September 11 on Multilateral Arms Control Arms Control Association
14 April 2012Full story
Russia destroys over 60 percent of chemical weapons Itar-Tass
21 March 2012Full story
Chemical Forensics – Seeking Clues at the Molecular Level SciBlogs
19 March 2012Full story
"Impurity Profiling" Could Help Identify Chemical Terrorists Analytical Chemist
15 March 2012Full story
Remembering Halabja Council on Foreign Relations
14 March 2012Full story
Assad's toxic assets Foreign Policy
13 March 2012Full story
La France va détruire 250 tonnes de bombes chimiques Le Figaro
08 March 2012Full story
U.N. concerned Syria may have chemical weapons Reuters
01 March 2012Full story
WMD nightmare in Syria Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
01 March 2012Full story
Committee adopts strategy to deal with chemical weapons Qatar News Agency
22 February 2012Full story
Qatar organises course for GCC customs officials Qatar News Agency
20 February 2012Full story
Cyberwar Is Fueling a Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex Wired
14 February 2012Full story
Neuroscience R&D for the Military Medical News Today (UK)
11 February 2012Full story
Large-Scale Production Of Nanosensors Chemical & Engineering News
10 February 2012Full story
Neuroscience, conflict and security The Royal Society
08 February 2012Full story
Custom-Designed Proteins Could Counteract Chemical Weapons Scientific American
07 February 2012Full story
Tracing A Threat: With hopes of thwarting and even deterring a chemical attack, scientists search for the fingerprints of potential threat agents Chemical & Engineering News
06 February 2012Full story
Molecular dynamics to combat chemical terrorism Chemistry World
31 January 2012Full story
BWC Meeting Makes Incremental Changes Arms Control Today
16 January 2012Full story
Accord Reached on CWC’s 2012 Deadline Arms Control Today
13 January 2012Full story
The OPCW and UNSCR 1540 1540 Compass - Winter 2012
12 January 2012Full story
Africa and the Convention Banning Biological and Toxin Weapons allAfrica.com
14 December 2011Full story
Pharmacists Crucial in Plan for Terrorist Chemical Weapons Science Daily
13 December 2011Full story
Riot control agents: improve knowledge to improve safety SIPRI
11 December 2011Full story
OPCW Prepares for More Libya Inspections Arms Control Today
05 December 2011Full story
Africa: Progress On a Chemical Weapons-Free World All-Africa.com
29 November 2011Full story
Why Codes of Conduct Matter Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC
01 November 2011Full story
Reducing security threats from chemical and biological materials SIPRI
18 October 2011Full story
How Umatilla chemical weapons changed NW history Crosscut (Seattle USA)
14 October 2011Full story
Aeolus' anti-radiation drug gets tested as a chemical weapons countermeasure DOTmed.com
11 October 2011Full story
Attractive nanotubes: Magnetised carbon nanotubes for chemical weapons SeparationsNow.com
10 October 2011Full story
CWC Parties Wrestle with 2012 Deadline Arms Control Today
03 October 2011Full story
Salvaging the 2012 Conference Arms Control Today
15 September 2011Full story
The Long Journey Toward A WMD-Free Middle East Arms Control Today
14 September 2011Full story
Run-Up to Mideast Meeting Shows Fissures Arms Control Today
09 September 2011Full story
Assad's chemical romance Foreign Policy
23 August 2011Full story
Remembering a humble giant of biological and chemical weapons control Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
04 August 2011Full story
Pakistan Chemical Industry: Challenges and Prospects – Analysis Eurasia Review
19 July 2011Full story
Where Would We Be without Chemistry? Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC
01 March 2011Full story
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