THE PROBLEM OF WORLD ORDER IN WESTERN IR STUDIES by M. V. Soljanova

“…Others argue that the increase in the number of centers of power and the need for a multilateral approach to solving global problems (terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, environmental and climate issues) talking about the formation of multipolarity. …”
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Selected Legal Challenges Relating to the Military use of Outer Space, with Specific Reference to Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty by Anél Ferreira-Snyman

“…Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty prohibits the installation of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in outer space and determines that the moon and other celestial bodies shall be used for peaceful purposes only. …”
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Syrian «Chemical War» by V. А. Kovtun, D. P. Kolesnikov, M. V. Supotnitskiy, N. I. Shilo

“…Considering staged fake chemical attack in Syria within the context of modern geopolitics, we can assume that it is possible to talk about the new «crusade» on Russia and its allies, but with the use of weapons of mass destruction. After the retrospective analysis of the mechanisms of information warfare, we may also note the deep intellectual degradation of its organizers in comparison with the similar information operations of the 1990s. …”
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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction: History of Signing and Key Points by V. N. Fateenkov

“…Iraq’s massive use of chemical weapons against Iranian troops has accelerated the process of developing an international document – the CWC, the world`s first multilateral disarmament agreement, which provided for the verifiable elimination, within the prescribed time limit, of an entire class of weapons of mass destruction – chemical weapons. Nowadays 192 states have become parties to the CWC. …”
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Chemical Weapons in the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988). 4. The Destruction of Iraqi Chemical Weapons by M. V. Supotnitskiy, N. I. Shilo, V. A. Kovtun

“…This UN operation was not the first forced disarmament of vanquished by victors, but it gave great impetus to the completion of the work on the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, i.e. the destruction of an entire class of weapons of mass destruction. The aim of this article was to show the process of Iraqi`s chemical weapons destruction. …”
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WAR AND ITS IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by Darejan Chkhirodze, Manana Bandzeladze

“…But in the age of modern nuclear war, when nuclear weapons of mass destruction were developed in the arsenal of means of warfare, war has become incompatible with the objective law of community development, with the goals of sustainable development of society, because the war itself and the process of preparation for war have a devastating impact on the sustainability of the environment. …”
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US geopolitical codes and role of Persian gulf oil in US military intervention in the region (2001-2004) by Naji, Saeid

“…Iraq was also linked to terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. That consequently justified a pre-emptive war against Iraq to preserve US interests. …”
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Rogue State : A Guide to the World's Only Superpower / by Blum, William 368640

Characteristics of the socio-geographical factors in the Drina-Velika Morava strategic direction zone by Dejan Radivoj Inđić

“…Some problems may occur due to unevenly distributed technical and technological potentials and a potential use of weapons of mass destruction in the vicinity of large cities in the area of strategic direction.…”
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Tendency of using chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons for terrorist purposes / Тенденция применения радиационного, химического и биологического оружия в террорис... by Marko M. Krstić

“…The disturbing fact is that terrorists can come into possession of weapons of mass destruction. Therefore, the goal of the paper is to analyze the probability of CBRN terrorist actions which have highlighted the growing concerns and increasing signs of convergence between terrorism and CBRN unconventional weapons for terrorist purposes. …”
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China in the Hegemonic Relations of the Post American World-system by Abolfazl Anaei

“…Furthermore, the prevalence of offensive realism in world politics has led to a quantitative and qualitative expansion of arms trade and the demonopolization of weapons of mass destruction and advanced missile-based weapons, resulting in an increase in deterrence and defense capabilities of world countries.These conditions have significantly increased the costs and long-term consequences of hegemonic vertical control in the world-system. …”
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Gene editing: biosecurity challenges and risks by Samaneh Fatollahi Arani

“…However, in the era of genome editing technology, due to the ease of making CRISPR-based biological weapons in small laboratories that are impossible to observe and identify, the awareness of the ability and capacity to design and manufacture biological weapons on the other side has failed and as a result, the strategy based on inspection and mutual destruction of such weapons of mass destruction also fails. Therefore, CRISPR-based bioweapons represent a fundamental change in Schilling's Law. …”
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