Chemical Weapons Convention

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...

Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial

Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia

FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review

Statement to the Conference of States Parties (CSP-27) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) November 29-December 2, 2022

Mr./Madam Chairperson, Director-General, Distinguished ambassadors and delegates, It3 is an honor to address the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of States Parties of the Chemical Weapons Convention...

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...

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.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March

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...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late August

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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late April

Late April Trends

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,...

OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction

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.

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...

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

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...

Forty-Plus Nations Call for Suspension of Syria From Chemical Weapons Monitoring Body

Forty-six countries have co-sponsored a French call to suspend Syria’s rights and privileges as a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international chemical...