This article highlights a lot of the big issues of the conflict in Yemen as well as the the arms export controls that the EU has placed. It discusses how the EU Common Position could be strengthened by things like NGO’s. It also goes over the increased interest in consolidating the EU’s defence industry. The conflict Read More
Conventional Counter Proliferation Posts
Conventional Counter Proliferation Posts
More Than A Nuclear Threat: North Korea’s Chemical, Biological, and Conventional Weapons March 22, 2018 Introduction and Main Points North Korean development of biological weapons both poses a serious potential threat to the United States and its strategic partners, and illustrates the broader dangers of proliferation. Biological weapons pose dangers that are growing steadily with Read More
First Responders from Asia Gain New Skills during Chemical Emergency Response Training in Singapore Friday, 22 December 2017 Emergency first responders at a field exercise on chemical emergency response held in Singapore’s Civil Defence Academy THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 22 December 2017 – Emergency First Responders from Asia acquired expertise during a field exercise Read More
Congress Should Not Cede Oversight on Small Arms Exports Volume 9, Issue 8, October 5, 2017 In the coming weeks, it is likely that the Trump administration will formally propose new U.S. firearms export rules designed to increase foreign sales but that also make it easier for terrorists and international criminals to obtain lethal weapons. Read More
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects as amended on 21 December 2001(CCW) is usually referred to as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It is also known as the Read More
Congress Should Not Cede Oversight on Small Arms Exports In the coming weeks, it is likely that the Trump administration will formally propose new U.S. firearms export rules designed to increase foreign sales but that also make it easier for terrorists and international criminals to obtain lethal weapons. The proposal could also effectively undercut the Read More
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects as amended on 21 December 2001(CCW) is usually referred to as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It is also known as the Read More
03 January 2018 Palestine Accedes to the Mine Ban Treaty Ten of the Middle East & North African countries still remain outside of the treaty Palestinian delegate announcing the country’s decision to accede to the Mine Ban Treaty at the Sixteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty on 21 December 2017 Read More