WMD
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Another Step Toward a World Without Chemical Weapons
The completion of chemical weapons destruction in Colorado is a strong signal of upholding the norm against possessing and using these brutal weapons. It also stands in stark contrast to the illegal use of chemical weapons in recent years by countries such as Syria and Russia, and concerns that Russia may use them in its…
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BRIEFER: Weapons of Mass Agility: A New Threat Framework for Mass Effects in the 21st Century
By Natasha E. Bajema The threat posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD) continues to serve as a key concept for shaping U.S. national security strategy. For many decades, policymakers and experts alike have assumed that malicious actors will seek WMD for their potential to cause mass casualties and destruction. And yet, the historical record…
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On the Verge – Rebooting the National Strategy to Combat WMD (006)
https://media.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/content.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/On_the_Verge-CWMD_Strategy_006.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 29:27 — 20.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Android | RSS | MoreIn 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…
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BRIEFER – Definitions Matter: The Role of WMD in Shaping U.S. National Security Strategy
By Natasha E. Bajema To develop its national security strategy, the U.S. government typically formulates a set of agreed definitions and concepts about the current threat environment to help delineate top priorities. Once established, these impose clarity on mission spaces, shape the delegation of tasks and operations, justify budgets and the distribution of resources and…
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BRIEFER: Beyond Weapons of Mass Destruction: Time for a New Paradigm?
By Natasha E. Bajema The term weapons of mass destruction (WMD) represents more than just the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons that it commonly indicates. It also represents a threat paradigm. There is a longstanding, bipartisan agreement about the U.S. security environment dating back to the end of the Cold War that CBRN…
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Report: Strengthening Global Governance Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
By Christine Parthemore Next week the United Nations Secretary General will convene the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction in New York City. Despite its many strengths, the current global governance system regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) suffers several important weaknesses.…