| ID | 147685 |
| Title Proper | Eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons |
| Other Title Information | implications for addressing nuclear, biological, and chemical threats |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bleek, Philipp C ; Philipp C. Bleek & Nicholas J. Kramer ; Kramer, Nicholas J |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The 2013–14 disarmament of Syria's chemical-weapons capabilities was a rare bright spot in a brutal civil war with no end in sight. The remarkable US-led, international effort to bring Damascus into the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, inventory its capabilities, and then verifiably destroy them is a fascinating and, to date, largely untold story. A substantial US government interagency effort centered in the Defense Department laid the diplomatic, technical, and procedural foundations for Syria's disarmament in the year prior to the August 2013 chemical-weapons attack in Ghouta that galvanized Syria's subsequent disarmament. An intrinsically interesting case, Syria's chemical-weapons disarmament has important implications for possible future WMD elimination operations elsewhere. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nonproliferation Review Vol. 23, No.1-2; Feb-Mar 2016: p.197-230 |
| Journal Source | Nonproliferation Review Vol: 23 No 1-2 |
| Key Words | Chemical weapons convention ; Disarmament ; Chemical Weapons ; Syria ; Elimination ; Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |