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Eco-Mafia: Environmental Crimes and Toxicity in Italy

By Frank Rando Italy continues to grapple with the toxic legacy of illegal waste management practices by notorious criminal groups, with devastating consequences for people...

Rising Measles Cases: A Legacy of COVID-19

By Col. (Ret.) Zygmunt Dembek Col. (Ret.) Zygmunt Dembek discusses the recent increase in global measles cases and explains how the rise is related to...

Orange Cloud 2024: International CBRN Training in the Netherlands

By Ruud ter Linden Sergeant First Class at the Dutch Defence CBRN Centre, Ruud ter Linden, presents a landmark international CBRN exercise that took place...

Biological Weapons: The Unseen WMD

By Andy Oppenheimer Russia, China, and North Korea are among the states known to possess research programs into offensive biological weapons, which are arguably more...

OPCW News April 2024

OPCW Director-General on official visit to France Highlights include meetings with senior government officials and delivering keynote speech at event marking 25th anniversary of DGA...

Combating Terrorism: Manned Unmanned Teaming 

By Alenko Ribić & Dario Finderle Alenko Ribić and Dario Finderle introduce DOK-ING’s MV-3 Hystrix system for counterterrorist operations. One of the definitions of terrorism is...

New Nuclear Dual-Use Risk: Beating Swords into Ploughshares?

By Dr. Paul Dorfman Dr. Paul Dorfman discusses whether new civil nuclear programs could cross over into military nuclear programs, and what this means for...

CHEMEX Africa 2023

By Patrick Norén CBNW Magazine Editor Patrick Norén investigates the first ever large-scale chemical emergency response exercise for African countries organized by the OPCW. From September...

CINQUI: Fortaleciendo las Capacidades de Prevención y Respuesta MATPEL y QBRNe en Perú 

Por HME José Zea Agüero El director general y fundador del Centro de Información Química, HME José Zea Agüero, presenta la organización, su trabajo y...

The Use of IEDs in the Russia–Ukraine War 

By George McKerrow With IEDs being frequently employed by both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war, George McKerrow writes that C-IED training, knowledge, and equipment must...

Chemical Security is a Global Responsibility

By INTERPOL The Chemical and Explosives Terrorism Prevention Unit at INTERPOL introduces the Global Congress on Chemical Security and Emerging Threats. With a steady increase in...

CBRN Defense is Back

By Col. Friedrich Aflenzer Project Officer for CBRN defense at the European Defence Agency, Col. Friedrich Aflenzer, discusses the Agency’s recent initiatives after CBRN defense...

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