Are air strikes really a way to hold the Syrian regime responsible for its alleged atrocities against humanity? History says no.
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The United Nations Charter doesn’t allow the use of military force to prevent chemical weapons attacks — no matter how evil — without UN Security Council approval. That needs to change.
Nothing the world has done has stopped Bashar al-Assad’s regime from using chemical weapons – but it’s imperative to keep trying.
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An audio version of an in depth article on the story of how the nerve agent used in an attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was developed.
International law on chemical weapons fails without mutual trust and transparency.
Hundreds of people have been warned after former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned with Novichok nerve agent.
Even if they do eventually wake up, Sergei and Julia Skripal could suffer permanent damage as a result of their exposure to a Novichok nerve agent.
Russia isn’t the only suspect when it comes to the practice known as ‘wetwork’.
Nerve agents were discovered by accident in the 1930s.
Denial and obfuscation have always been a part of chemical warfare.
Donald Trump’s predecessor once made an empty threat against Bashar al-Assad – and it didn’t end well.
Relations between Russia and the United States have reached an all-time low since the US strike on Syria. But Moscow knows that Washington will need its support if tension rises with North Korea.
Will recent photos of chemical attack victims in Syria provoke a short-term emotional reaction or a sustained humanitarian campaign?
The recent American airstrike in Syria has created a new norm in international law sanctioning the unilateral use of force to punish those who deploy chemical weapons against their own people.
A Russian media expert spent the weekend consuming Russian coverage of America’s response to the chemical attacks in Syria.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fact Finding Team has not yet revealed the nature of the chemicals used in Khan Sheikhoun.
Scientists invented chemical weapons; some are now working to destroy them. New biomolecular design techniques let researchers design proteins that can destroy nerve agents in bodies.
‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
A thawing of tensions between the two superpowers seems as far away as it was under Obama.
Donald Trump suddenly appears to have been overcome with a sense of responsibility towards the people of Syria. How can that be explained?
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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CBRN defence scientist, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in Security and Public Policy, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in International Relations and International Security, University of Bath
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Professor (Emeritus) of Environmental Toxicology, University of Leeds
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Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of St Andrews
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Lecturer European Politics, Leiden University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Science and Security Studies, King's College London
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Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer and Co-Director, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Politics & Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
