Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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

Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia

March Is Women’s History Month, But Not in Iran

Hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls are falling ill from poisonings, suspected to be the work of extremist religious groups trying to instill fear and prevent participation in protests.

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.

Don’t Cling to Hopes That Putin Will Ever Face Justice

The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: April

Deter Russia’s Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine

How Biden handles threats will dissuade Moscow and other adversaries from using these weapons—or encourage it.

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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Putin escapes accountability for chemical weapons use

Vladimir Putin is the target of an unusual form of punishment. He reportedly maintains a program for assassinating dissidents with chemical agents, yet top European leaders cannot wait to embrace the...

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

A Better Blueprint for International Organizations

Advancing American Interests on the Global Stage

Biden Needs an International Organizations Strategy

A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.

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.

The Realignment

On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late April

Late April Trends