| ID | 150287 |
| Title Proper | Chemical weapons |
| Other Title Information | compliance and defiance in the Middle East |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hersman, Rebecca |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | President Barack Obama came into office determined to bring new energy to nuclear and biological threat reduction and nonproliferation efforts. In rapid succession, his 2009 Prague speech, the nuclear security summit process he started in 2010, and the 2009 National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats sparked hope for reducing threats from weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Yet, chemical weapons, the junior member of the WMD triumvirate, scored nary a mention in the administration’s early days, except as chemical weapons demilitarization lagged behind U.S. commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol. 46, No.10; Dec 2016: p.14 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today 2016-11 46, 10 |
| Key Words | Chemical Weapons ; Middle East |