Defence and Security

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WP871 - Friday 28 September - Sunday 30 September 2007

COUNTERING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (CBW) PROLIFERATION

How can chemical and biological weapons (CBW) anti-proliferation regimes be strengthened? What will be contentious at the 2008 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Review Conference? What future for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)? How can acquisition of CBW by terrorists be prevented? Do new technological developments blur the distinction between CW and BW? With what effect on regimes?

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