Getting Deterrence Right: The Case for Stratified Deterrence by Brent Talbot

“…And while nuclear deterrence remains important, regional powers armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and accompanying long-range delivery capabilities are a rising concern. …”
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The TPNW Conference of Parties: What Is to Be Discussed? by Kennedy Graham

“…Such initiative draws from an assessment of the contemporary state of customary international law, and whether the non-possession of all weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, might be attaining, or have the potential to attain, the status of an emerging peremptory norm. …”
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The International Community’s Response to the Ghouta Chemical Attack of 2013 by Piotr Pietrzak

“…We know today that despite the promised full cooperation from Syrian officials, the mandate to relinquish all illegal weapons of mass destruction was fulfilled only to a limited extent…”
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The Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR): In Historical Perspective by Seyom Brown

“…It champions this wider role as warranted by three developments: the deterioration of the Post-Cold War relationships with Russia and China; new technologies which allow for precisely tailored nuclear attacks well short of mutual assured destruction (MAD) levels, and evidence that Moscow and Beijing are adopting such limited nuclear war capabilities and strategies; and the evident desire of other states and non-state actors hostile to the United States to acquire their own weapons of mass destruction and/or intimidation. But the 2018 NPR fails to show why modernized nuclear capabilities are better able to deter and defend against potential enemy aggression than technologicallyadvanced nonnuclear capabilities. …”
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North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Development: The Impact for International Security and Stability by Aprilia Putri Adiningsih, Ngboawaji Daniel Nte

“…Nuclear weapons can become weapons of mass destruction which of course threaten the stability of international security. …”
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The peculiarities of US-Ukrainian relations in 1991–2004 by Dmytro Lakishyk

“…Among the main interests of the United States towards Ukraine, one can distinguish the following areas of American foreign policy: control over weapons of mass destruction; the spread of democratic values in the world together with the introduction of a market economy; confronting international terrorism. …”
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Options for Synthetic DNA Order Screening, Revisited by Diane DiEuliis, Sarah R. Carter, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

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Towards an Achievable WMDFZ Treaty for the Middle East: Insights from Civil Society by Sharon Dolev, Leonardo Bandarra

“…Establishing a Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction-Free-Zone (WMDFZ) in the Middle East is a decades-old ambition. …”
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Asia-Pacific Perspective on Biological Weapons and Nuclear Deterrence in the Pandemic Era by Miles Pomper, Richard Pilch

“…These two types of weapons of mass destruction – biological and nuclear – do not exist in isolation but in a multifactorial geopolitical environment where the threat and control of one impacts that of the other. …”
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Democratizing Philosophy: School for Life, Life for School by Charles C. Verharen

“…Re-visioning education is critical to developing new ways of thinking and acting in the face of global threats to life from global climate change and weapons of mass destruction. Like philosophy in Quine’s words, education is "losing contact with the people." …”
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CORPORATE MEDIA MANIPULATION IN THE US WARS: A CASE STUDY OF IRAQ WAR by Huma Javed, Arshi Saleem Hashmi

“…The disinformation campaign was designed to profess the threat of weapons of mass destruction and explicate Saddam Hussein's affiliation with terrorist organizations as a threat to the world. …”
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Cooperative Security: A New Paradigm For A World Without Nuclear Weapons? by Marc Finaud

“…It will on the contrary require parallel tracks addressing the initial motivations for acquiring nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD), in particular in the context of regional conflicts, as well as dealing with the current issues necessarily related to nuclear disarmament (missile defence, weaponization of space, conventional imbalances and future weapon systems). …”
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“Human security” as a new concept of international security of the 20th century by Elvira Titko, Myroslav Kurtynets

“…It had linked with the historical past, such as world wars, many local military conflicts which claimed the lives millions of people, repressions, scientific and technological progress (the invention of nuclear weapons, various weapons of mass destruction), etc. Besides, it has linked with the present, such as terrorism, human trafficking, acts of aggression, etc., that entails the inevitable destruction of mankind, where the safety/ security plays a crucial role. …”
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Cyberwar as a Phenomenon of Asymmetric Threat and Cyber-Nuclear Security Threats by Alika Guchua, Thornike Zedelashvili

“…The international security system is vulnerable to challenges such as the use of weapons of mass destruction and cyber terrorism. The article discusses the dangers and problems of hybrid warfare in international security, as well as the Russian-Georgian hybrid warfare. …”
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Establishing Justice in Iraq: A Journey into the Cradle of Civilization by Luther D. Thomas

“…The principal asserted reasons for the invasion were to disarm Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free Iraqis from Saddam’s dictatorial reign. …”
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Maritime security : container shipping (Singapore - warehouses’ security) by Teo, Wen Ling

“…This is because containers can be used as a medium by the terrorists to transport weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Besides terrorism, the container transport chain is vulnerable to other threats such as cyber-attack, stowaway, piracy, cargo thief and smuggling of illegal goods and drugs. …”
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Legal support of anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regime in the conditions of new technologies integration by Marina A. Aksenova

“…The article studies the development of legal regulation in correlation with the processes of integration of digital technologies in the regime of combating money laundering, financing terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. The research attempts to establish the stage of modern law development in terms of regulating the use of new technologies by the private sector and state bodies. …”
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Strengthening biological security after COVID-19: Using cartoons for engaging life science stakeholders with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) by Tatyana Novossiolova, Simon Whitby, Malcolm Dando, Lijun Shang

“…We first discuss the issue of ‘dual use’ in science and technology as it relates to disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Second, we review how scientist engagement with dual-use risks has been addressed in the context of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). …”
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Problems of Biosafety in Current International Law by A. A. Danalya, E. E. Gulyaeva

“…The authors conclude that near future new categories of weapons of mass destruction appear in the world, moreover, genetic weapons should be classified as weapons of mass destruction, along with chemical, biological, bacteriological, and nuclear weapons. …”
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Bio-weapons and Bio-terrorism Attacks on Commercial Shipping in Nigeria: The Potential Trojan Horse of the 21st Century by Abdulrazaq O. Abdulkadir

“…Researches have revealed that of all weapons of mass destruction, biological weapons constitute the greatest worry. …”
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