Tag Archive for: "chemical weapons"
Would Russia use bioweapons in Ukraine?
28 Jun 2022 | Jasmine Latimore
In March, not long after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, claims from the Kremlin of a US-funded bioweapon program in Ukraine flooded global media. Those reports were amplified by China and picked up by conservative …
Aum Shinrikyo's legacy of toxic terror
13 Jul 2018 | Declan Sullivan
The execution of Shoko Asahara, the former leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is a reminder of one of the most unsettling chapters in modern terrorism. Asahara, who was hanged last Friday alongside …
Eyes 'wired' open: preparing for chemical and biological threats
5 Jul 2018 | Rebecca Hoile and Paul Barnes
The 2002 science fiction thriller 28 Days Later, depicting the effects of an outbreak of a virulent genetically engineered plague, was described as the first great apocalyptic movie of the new millennium. The film's narrative …
Russia, Novichok and the future of the Chemical Weapons Convention
15 Mar 2018 | Michael Shoebridge
Theresa May has provided a clear basis for the UK government's conclusion that former Russian intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed by Russia. As Prime …
US strikes in Syria—a message of deterrence
11 Apr 2017 | Micah Batt
The US strike on Syria signals the first decisive action by a White House administration coming to terms with its foreign policy responsibilities in an ever more precarious international order. In a move that was …
Chinese and Russian propaganda work in tandem to blame the West for war in Ukraine
Russia may be winning the Ukraine information war outside the West
Information, disinformation and democracy in a volatile world
Protecting democracy from the reversibility of online information
Cyber operations play a key part in Russia's invasion of Ukraine