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E-Issue Special Issue (February 2011)
On the Criminalization of Biological and Chemical Armament and the Harvard Sussex Draft Convention

E-Issue no 86 (February 2010)
Includes:
Invited article by Donald A Mahley: A Personal Assessment of the BWC Protocol Negotiations
Invited article by John R Walker: A Tale of Two Riot Control Agents: UK Attitudes to CS and CR in Warfare and Law Enforcement 1969-1975
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties December 2009
News Chronology: August - December 2009

E-Issue no 85 (October 2009)
Includes:
Invited article by Donald A Mahley: Controlling the BW Genie
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts August 2009
News Chronology: May - July 2009

E-Issue no 83 & 84 (July 2009)
Includes:
Invited article by Donald A Mahley: The OPCW: Reflecting on the Model
Invited article by Robert Mathews: The Regime for Other Chemical Production Facilities: A Technical Perspective
Invited article by John R Walker: Allegations of BW Use and their Investigation: Lessons from the Past. A Case Study from 1941
Obituary: Åke Bovallius
News Chronology: November 2008 - April 2009

E-Issue no 82 (March 2009)
Includes:
Invited article by Tony Bastock: The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Role of the Chemicals Industry in its Future
News Chronology: August - October 2008

E-Issue no 81 (December 2008)
Includes:
Invited article by Detlef Maennig: The Problem of Thousands of Other Chemical Production Facilities Under the Chemical Weapons Convention: Are Some More Relevant Than Others?
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties, December 2008
News Chronology: May - July 2008

E-Issue no 80 (September 2008)
Includes:
Invited article by Julian Perry Robinson: Bringing the CBW Conventions Closer Together
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts, August 2008
Obituary: Ian Kenyon
News Chronology: February - April 2008

E-Issue no 79 (June 2008)
Includes:
Invited article by Richard Guthrie: The Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference
News Chronology: November 2007 - January 2008

E-Issue no 78 (February 2008)
Includes:
Invited article by Julian Perry Robinson: Is the OPCW Implementing the CWC Definition of Chemical Weapons?
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties, December 2007
News Chronology: August - October 2007

Issue no 76 & 77 (October 2007)
Includes:
Invited article by Walter Krutzsch: Ensuring True Implementation of the CWC
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts, August 2007
News Chronology: February - July 2007

Issue no 75 (March 2007)
Includes:
Invited article by Lisa Tabassi: The Nexus Between the OPCW and the International Criminal Court
Invited article by Jonathan B Tucker: Strengthening the CWC Regime for Transfers of Dual-Use Chemicals
News Chronology: November 2006 - January 2007

Issue no 74 (December 2006)
Includes:
Invited article by Lisa Tabassi and Erwin van der Borght: Chemical Warfare as Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Sixth Review Conference
News Chronology: August -October 2006

Issue no 72 & 73 (September 2006)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: The USA/USSR Arms Control Relationship and its Impact on the CWC
News Chronology: February - July 2006

Issue no 71 (May 2006)
Includes:
Invited article by Reid Kirby: Paradise lost: The Psycho Agents
Comment by Ian Kenyon: The Summer of '76
Report from Geneva: The Preparatory Commitee for the Sixth BWC Review Conference
News Chronology: November 2005 - January 2006

Issue no 69+70 (December 2005)
Includes:
Invited article by John Freeman: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Process: What More Can It Contribute?
Comment by Santiago Oñate, Ralf Trapp and Lisa Tabassi: Decision on the Follow-up to the OPCW Action Plan on Article AII: Ensuring the Effective Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Historical note by Erhard Geissler: Alibek, Tularaemia and the Battle of Stalingrad
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties, 2005
News Chronology: May - October 2005

Issue no 68 (June 2005)
Includes:
Invited article by Eitan Barak: Israel, the CWC and the Universality Objective: The View from Jerusalem
Invited article by Walter Krutzsch: "Never Under Any Circumstances": The CWC Three Years After its First Review Conference
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts
News Chronology: February - April 2005

Issue no 67 (March 2005)
Includes:
Invited article by Elisa D Harris and John D Steinbruner: Scientific Openness and National Security after 9-11
Progress in The Hague: 49th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 2004 - January 2005

Issue no 66 (December 2004)
Includes:
Invited Article by Bob Mathews: The Development of the Australia Group Export Control Lists of Biological Pathogens, Toxins and Dual-Use Equipment
Progress in The Hague: 48th Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties
News Chronology: August - October 2004
Obituary - Martin Kaplan

Issue no 65 (September 2004)
Includes:
Editorial: Libya and 'Dual Use'
Progress in The Hague: 47th Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention New Process
News Chronology: May - July 2004

Issue no 64 (June 2004)
Includes:
Editorial: Expectation and Prevention
Progress in The Hague: 46th Quarterly Review
Lisa Tabassi: A Note on UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
The actions requested or recommended by the First CWC Review Conference: How far have they got one year later?
News Chronology: February - April 2004

Issue no 63 (March 2004)
Includes:
Invited Article by Lisa Tabassi: Impact of the CWC: Progressive Development of Customary International Law and Evolution of the Customary Norm Against Chemical Weapons
Progress in The Hague: 45th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 2003 - January 2004
Historical Note by John Hart: Information about the CBW weapons programes of the USSR

Issue no 62 (December 2003)
Includes:
Invited Article by Nicholas Sims: A proposal for putting the 26 March 2005 anniversary to best use for the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 44th Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva
News Chronology: August - October 2003

Issue no 61 (September 2003)
Includes:
Editorial: 'Non-lethal' weapons, the CWC and the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 43rd Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention New Process
News Chronology: May - July 2003
A Tribute to David Kelly

Issue no 60 (June 2003)
Includes:
Invited article by Graham Pearson: Security and Oversight of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins
Progress in The Hague: 42nd Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February - April 2003

Issue no 59 (March 2003)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: Chrysalis - how the CWC produced the OPCW: the work of the OPCW Preparatory Commission.
Progress in The Hague: 41st Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 2002 - January 2003

Issue no 58 (December 2002)
Includes:
Editorial: "Law Enforcement" and the CWC
Invited article by Mark Wheelis and Malcolm Dando: On The Brink: Biodefence, Biotechnology and the Future of Weapons Control
Progress in The Hague: 40th Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva: 18th Review
News Chronology: August - October 2002

Issue no 57 (September 2002)
Includes:
Editorial: Preventing the hostile use of biotechnology: the way forward now
Invited article by Graham S Pearson: Further chemical control regimes: anti-doping
Progress in The Hague: 39th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May - July 2002

Issue no 56 (June 2002)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: The Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW: The challenges of the 21st century
Invited article by Nicholas Sims: Route-maps to the OPBW: using the resumed BWC Fifth Review Conference
Progress in The Hague: 38th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February - April 2002

Issue no 55 (March 2002)
Includes:
Invited article by Julian Perry Robinson: What should be the scope of the CWC? A workshop report
Progress in The Hague: 37th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 2001 - January 2002

Issue no 54 (December 2001)
Includes:
Editorial: International criminal law and sanctions to reinforce the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 36th Quarterly Review
Report rom Geneva: 17th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in South African: 7th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August - October 2001

Issue no 53 (September 2001)
Includes:
Editorial: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention
Invited article by Nicholas Sims: Nurturing the BWC: agenda for the Fifth Review Conference and beyond
Invited article by Graham Pearson: The US rejection of the Protocol at the eleventh hour damages international security against biological weapons
Progress in The Hague: 35th Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva: 16th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in Sourth Africa: 6th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May - July 2001

Issue no 52 (June 2001)
Includes:
Invited article by Barbara Rosenberg: US policy and the BWC Protocol
Progress in The Hague: 34th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 15th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in South Africa: 5th Quartlery Review
News Chronology: February - April 2001

Issue no 51 (March 2001)
Includes:
Editorial: Washington and the BWC Protocol negotiations
Invited article by Graham Pearson: Further chemical control regimes: narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
Progress in The Hague: 33rd Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 15th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in South Africa: 4th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 2000 - January 2001

Issue no 50 (December 2000)
Includes:
Editorial: The CWC and the BWC: yesterday, today, tomorrow
Invited article by Tom Inch: The Chemical Weapons Convention: a viewpoint from the Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the UK National Authority
Invited article by Walter Krutzsch: Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention: past, present and future.
Progress in The Hague: 32nd Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 13th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in South Africa: 3rd Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August - October 2000

Issue no 49 (September 2000)
Includes:
Invited article by Graham Pearson: The CWC General Purpose Criterion: How to Implement?
Progress in The Hague: 31st Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 12th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in South Africa: 2nd Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-July 2000

Issue no 48 (June 2000)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: Chemical Weapons in the Twentieth Century: Their Use and Their Control
Invited article by Matthew Meselson: Averting the Hostile Exploitation of Biotechnology
Invited article by Lawrence Scheinman: Regimes, Defence and Deterrence
Progress in The Hague: 30th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 11th Quarterly Review
Proceedings in South Africa: 1st Quarterly Review

Issue no 47 (March 2000)
Includes:
Invited article by Robert J Mathews: Approaching an "End-Game" in the Negotation of the BWC Protocol: Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention
Progress in The Hague: 29th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 10th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 1999-January 2000

Issue no 46 (December 1999)
Includes:
Invited article by Tibor Tóth: Time to Wrap Up
New US legislation on the BWC
Progress in Geneva: 9th Quarterly Review
Progress in The Hague: 28th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August-October 1999

Issue no 45 (September 1999)
Includes:
Invited article by Will Carpenter: The First Year of the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board
Obituary: A J J Ooms
Progress in The Hague: 27th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 8th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-July 1999

Issue no 44 (June 1999)
Includes:
Invited article by Paul F Walker: Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: Technical and Political Challenges in the US and Russia
Invited article by Daniel Feakes: The European Union's Role in CBW Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Progress in The Hague: 26th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 7th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February-May 1999

Issue no 43 (March 1999)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: Celebration of a Centenary and Some Birthdays
Progress in The Hague: 25th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 6th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 1998-February 1999
Historical Note by Benjamin Garrett: Walter Schrieber and the US Air Force

Issue no 42 (December 1998)
Includes:
Editorial: A Draft Convention to Prohibit Biological and Chemical Weapons Under International Criminal Law
Text of the HSP Draft Convention
Progress in The Hague: 24th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 5th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August - November 1998

Issue no 41 (September 1998)
Includes:
Invited article by Huang Yu: The CWC: Verification in Action
Invited Article by Lynn Klotz and Mark Sims: The BWC: Challenge Investigation Voting Procedures
Statement of the Trieste Conference on the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 23rd Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 4th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-August 1998

Issue no 40 (June 1998)
Includes:
Guest article by Kathleen Lawand: The Scientific Advisory Board of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: The Role of Science in Treaty Implementation
Progress in The Hague: 22nd Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 3rd Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February-May 1998

Issue no 39 (March 1998)
Includes:
Guest article by Douglas J MacEachin: Routine and Challenge: Two Pillars of Verification
Guest article by Ahmad Kamal: The Chemical Weapons Convention Today
Guest Article by Graham Pearson: A Lean Organization to Strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention
Progress in The Hague: 21st Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 2nd Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 1997-February 1998

Issue no 38 (December 1997)
Includes:
Guest article by Amy Gordon: Implications of the US Resolution of Ratification
Text of Russian CWC ratification law
Progress in The Hague: 20th Quarterly Review
Progress in Geneva: 1st Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August-November 1997

Issue no 37 (September 1997)
Includes:
Guest article by Tibor Tóth: A Window of Opportunity for the BWC Ad Hoc Group
Guest Article by Sergei Kisselev: Russia and the Chemical Weapons Convention: What Next?
Progress of the BWC Protocol Rolling Text
Progress in The Hague: 19th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-August 1997

Issue no 36 (June 1997)
Includes:
Guest article by Heiner Staub: Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: First Experiences of a National Authority
Progress in The Hague: 18th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February-May 1997

Issue no 35 (March 1997)
Includes:
Guest article by Ian Kenyon: Entry into Force: The Test of Our Preparations
Progress in The Hague: 17th Quarterly Review
Riot Control Agent Guidelines
News Chronology: November 1996-February 1997

Issue no 34 (December 1996)
Includes:
Guest article by Frederick L Webber: The US Chemical Industry Stake in the Chemical Weapons Convention
Guest article by Graham Pearson: Toxic Chemicals: A Multilateral Export-Import System
Progress in The Hague: 16th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August-November 1996

Issue no 33 (September 1996)
Includes:
Editorial: From Trigger Point to Entry Into Force
Historical Note no 2, by Benjamin Garrett: The Colorado Potato Beetle Goes to War
Guest article by Barbara Hatch Rosenberg: Incorporation of Dual-Use Export Controls in a Compliance Regime for the Biological Weapons Convention
Progress in The Hague: 15th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-August 1996

Issue no 32 (June 1996)
Includes:
Guest article by Graham Pearson: Implementing Article X of the BTWC: Avoiding Duplication
Guest article by Stephen Black: The UN Special Commission and CBW Verification
Progress in The Hague: 14th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February - May 1996

Issue no 31 (March 1996)
Includes:
Editorial: Criminalizing BW
Guest article by Alexander Vorobiev: Working on the Compliance Regime for the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 13th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 1995-February 1996

Issue no 30 (December 1995)
Includes:
Editorial: Over the Impasse
Guest article by Sergei Baranovsky: Green Cross Russia and the Destruction of Chemical Weapons
Progress in The Hague: 12th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August-November 1995

Issue no 29 (September 1995)
Includes:
Guest article by Anne Harrington: Defining Chemical Weapons the Way the Treaty Does
Progress in The Hague: 11th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-August 1995

Issue no 28 (June 1995)
Includes:
Guest article by Ernst Wyszomirski: The CWC and Barriers to Chemical Trade
Progress in The Hague: 10th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February-May 1995

Issue no 27 (March 1995)
Includes:
Guest article by Serguei Batsanov: Chemical Weapons Convention En Route to Entry into Force
Progress in The Hague: 9th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 1994-February 1995

Issue no 26 (December 1994)
Includes:
Guest article by Jack Ooms: Asia Pacific Seminar on the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Guest article by Graham Pearson: Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: The Outcome of the Special Conference
Progress in The Hague: 8th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August-November 1994

Issue no 25 (September 1994)
Includes:
Guest article by Michael Moodie: Bolstering Compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention: Prospects for the Special Conference
Guest article by Robert Mathews and Timothy McCormack: Entry into Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Activities and Prospective Timetable
Historical Note: The former test and evaluation site on Pulao Tenggol
Progress in The Hague: 7th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: May-August 1994

Issue no 24 (June 1994)
Includes:
Guest article by Pierre Canonne: The Role of the Scientific Community Within the Context of the Convention
Guest article by Karen Jansen: Disarming Iraq: Lessons for the Chemical Weapons Convention
Progress in The Hague: 6th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: February - May 1994
Guidelines on Riot control Agents

Issue no 23 (March 1994)
Includes:
Editorial: New Technologies and the Loophole in the Convention
Progress in The Hague: 5th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 1993-February 1994

Issue no 22 (December 1993)
Includes:
Guest article by Abdullah Toukan: The CWC, the NPT, and the Middle East Peace Negotiations
Guest article by Charles Baronian: Destruction of the US Chemical Stockpile
Progress in The Hague: 4th Quarterly Review
News Chronology: August-November 1993

Issue no 21 (September 1993)
Includes:
Guest article by Robert Mathews: A Comparison of the Australia Group List of Chemical Weapon Precursors and the CWC Schedules of Chemicals
Progress in The Hague: 3rd Quarterly Review
Editorial: The AG and the CWC
News Chronology: May-August 1993
Obituary: Charles Flowerree

Issue no 20 (June 1993)
Includes:
Guest article by Graham Pearson: Chemical Weapons Convention: Validation of Accredited Laboratories and Analytical Measurements
Progress in The Hague: 2nd Quarterly Review
Editorial: Chemical Analysis, Assured Access and Open Publication
News Chronology: February-May 1993

Issue no 19 (March 1993)
Includes:
Peter Herby and Julian Perry Robinson: International Organization for Chemical Disarmament Begins
Guest Article by Counsellor Shahbaz of Pakistan: A Perspective on the OPCW Preparatory Commission
News Chronology: November 1992 - February 1993.

Issue no 18 (December 1992)
Includes:
The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention: A Summary
Guest Article by Josef Holik: From Negotiation to Implementation of the CWC
News Chronlogy: August-November 1992
Workshop Report: Investigating Alleged CW Use

Issue no 17 (September 1992)
Includes:
Guest Article by Hassan Mashhadi: How the Negotiations Ended
CD Statement by Adolf Ritter von Wagner: The Draft Chemical Weapons Convention
News Chronology: May - September 1992

Issue no 16 (June 1992)

Issue no 15 (March 1992)
Includes:
Guest Article by Will Carpenter: Completing the Chemical Weapons Convention: An Industry View
Editorial: What Policy for Disabling Chemicals?
News Chronology: November 1991 - February 1992
Guest Article by Ralf Trapp: Into the 'End Game'

Issue no 14 (December 1991)
Includes:
Editorial: No Gas
Guest Article by Nicholas Sims: Achievements and Failures at the Third Review Conference
News Chronology: August-November 1991
The Declaration of Mendoza, 5 September 1991

Issue no 13 (September 1991)
Includes:
Guest Article by Paul O'Sullivan: Concluding the Chemical Weapons Convention
Guest Article by Gao Fang: To Develop Suitable Chemical Defensive Technology for Developing Countries: To Facilitate Conclusion of the Chemical Weapons Convention
News Chronology: May - August 1991
Antichemical Protection and the CWC
Iraqi CBW Armament and the UNSCOM

Issue no 12 (June 1991)
Includes:
Editorial: Getting Challenge Right
Guest Article by Graham Pearson: Strengthening the BTWC
News Chronology: February - May 1991

Issue no 11(March 1991)
Includes:
Guest Article by Martin Lancaster: Chemical Proliferation and Disarmament: A Congressional Perspective
News Chronology: November 1990 - March 1991
Article by Matthew Meselson: The Role of Chemical Defense

Issue no 10 (December 1990)
Includes:
Guest Article by Graham Cooper: Inspections on Request: Coming to Terms with their Scope
Guest Article by Johan Molander: The Chemical Weapons Negotiation at a Critical Juncture
News Chronology: August - November 1990

Issue no 9 (September 1990)
Includes:
Guest Article by Rüdiger Lüdeking: Verifying a Chemical Weapons Convention
News Chronology: May - August 1990
The CWC Negotiations: Checklist of Contributions

Issue no 8 (June 1990)
Includes:
Guest Article by Rolf Ekéus: The Option of Using Chemical Weapons
News Chronology: December 1989 - May 1990
Text of US-Soviet Bilateral CW Agreement

Issue no 7

Issue no 6 (November 1989)
Includes:
Guest Article by A J J Ooms: Verification and the Chemical Weapons Ban
News Chronology: June - September 1989
Guest Article by Charles Flowerree: US Proposes Continued Binary Production?
Chemical Weapons Memorandum of Understanding
Review: The Canberra Conference

Issue no 5 (August 1989)
Includes:
Guest Article by Lewis Dunn: Making Chemical Weapons Users Pay a Price
News Chronology: March - June 1989
Review: World CW Armament

Issue no 4 (May 1989)
Includes:
Guest Article by Ahmad Kamal: The Chemical Weapons Covnention: Some Particular Concerns of Developing Countries
News Chronology: December 1988 - March 1989
Review: Soviet CW Armament

Issue no 3 (February 1989)
Includes:
Guest Article by John Isaacs: The Bush Administration, The Senate and the Chemical Treaty
Guest Article by Peter Herby: The Paris Conference on Chemical Weapons
News Chronology: September 1988 - mid-June 1989

Issue no 2 (Autumn 1988)
Includes:
Guest Article by Kyle Olson: The Proposed Chemical Weapons Convention: An Industry Perspective
News Chronology: June - September 1988
Review: World CW Armament Part I: The USA

Introductory Issue (Summer 1988)
Includes:
Editorial Article by Charles Flowerree: The Chemical Weapons Convention
News Chronology: October 1987 - June 1988