CSR’s Parthemore & Gower Speak at the 24th International Conference on Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation 

In September of 2022, CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Christine Parthemore and Senior Advisor Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, served as featured speakers at the 24th International Conference on Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation in London. Their address,…

On the Verge – New Weapons of Mass Destruction? (007)

In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, hosts a follow-on discussion with Colonel (ret) Ron Fizer and the Honorable Andy Weber about the definition of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and whether or not other technologies and scenarios with the…

The Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria and the Need for Unity Against Them

The Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, Mr Hamid Ali Rao, the Director-General of the OPCW, H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü, and the CSP Chairperson, H.E. Ambassador Abdelouahab Bellouki of Morocco, at the Fourth Special Session of the Conference of States Parties…

On the Verge – Rebooting the National Strategy to Combat WMD (006)

In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, hosts Colonel (ret) Ron Fizer and the Honorable Andy Weber in a discussion about the need to reboot the 2002 strategy to combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).…

Ambassador Üzümcü awarded the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George

Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, a Senior Advisor to the Council on Strategic Risks and former Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was awarded The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George by the Queen of…