Trump should get tough again on chemical weapons states
The media has largely ignored a disturbing trend: Russia is openly using chemical weapons against Ukraine. Ukraine’s army support services say Russia has carried out 4,800 chemical...
Chemical Weapons Convention
Israel does world a service by hitting Assad’s chemical weapons caches
In the wake of the Assad regime’s collapse, Israel did the world a major service. Over the past few days, the Israeli Air Force struck dozens of alleged Syrian chemical weapons...
Op-eds
OPCW Investigation Confirms Russia’s Likely Use of Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine
Russia’s consistent denials that its military forces have deployed illegal chemical weapons in Ukraine were dealt a serious blow on November 18, when the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical...
Policy Briefs
OPCW Must Act Against Russia’s Chemical Weapons Program
In The Hague last week, member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) failed to act against Moscow’s use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops. As a result,...
Policy Briefs
OPCW Visits Ukraine After Accusations of Russian Chemical Weapons Use
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited Ukraine last week to deliver critical chemical weapons detection equipment and training. The visit — following accusations by Kyiv...
Policy Briefs
Washington Accuses Russia of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Ukraine
The United States last week accused Russia of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops and sanctioned 12 Russian entities and individuals associated with Vladimir Putin’s ongoing chemical weapons...
Policy Briefs
Ukraine Defeats Russia in Historic OPCW Election
Ukraine was elected this week to the 41-member Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), defeating Russia and unseating Moscow for the first time in the OPCW’s...
Policy Briefs
French Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for Syria’s Assad
French judges issued an international arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad on November 15, citing his use of chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. The court also issued warrants...
Flash Briefs
OPCW Meeting Sets Up Critical Opportunity to Sideline Russia
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will convene this week for a thrice-yearly meeting of its Executive Council (EC). The 41-nation policy-making body has a chance to hold Russia...
Policy Briefs
Russia and Partners Block Condemnation of Chemical Weapons Treaty Violations
The Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held its fifth review conference last week to assess implementation of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and set priorities...
Policy Briefs
Statement to the Fifth Review Conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention (RC-5)
To ensure peace in the days ahead, there must be no impunity for Russia’s violations and its most grave threats to security.
Congressional Testimonies
It’s time to hold Russia accountable for its use of chemical weapons
The film “Navalny” won the Academy Award in March for best documentary feature. The picture details the Kremlin’s 2020 apparent attempt to assassinate Alexei Navalny using a chemical nerve agent...
Op-eds
U.S. Must Show Russia There Is No Impunity for Chemical Weapons Use
A meeting next week of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) presents an opportunity for the United States and its allies to demand Russian compliance...
Policy Briefs
Five Minutes from Disaster
The U.S. is offering Iran the deal of the millennium, and yet the Islamic Republic—and Russia—want more concessions.
Op-eds
Putting chemical weapons questions to Russia backfired
Excerpt Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent more than a year ago. The United States and its allies responded at a recent meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...
Op-eds
Suspend Syria and Russia from the WHO
Earlier this year, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, another member of the UN family, made history by voting to strip the Bashar al-Assad regime of its voting rights and other privileges.
Op-eds
OPCW Member States Hold Syria Accountable for Chemical Weapons Use
Eighty-seven member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted yesterday to suspend Syria’s voting rights in the organization. This was an appropriate, albeit overdue,...
Policy Briefs
A Chance to Stop Syria and Russia From Using Chemical Weapons
Moscow and Damascus have evaded all accountability, but Biden can build a coalition to change that.
Op-eds
It’s Time to Sanction Russia for Poisoning Alexei Navalny
In an essay in Foreign Affairs last year, Joe Biden, at the time a presidential candidate, did not mince words when it came to Russia. “We must impose real costs on Russia for its violations of...
Op-eds
White House Refusing to Hold Russia Accountable for Navalny Poisoning
Investigative reports released on Monday eliminated any doubt regarding Moscow’s responsibility for the attempted assassination in August 2020 of leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny using a banned...