Preview: Rigid Structures, Evolving Threat

Chemical weapons are back. Today, old actors are employing new forms of chemical weapons, and new CW states are employing chemical weapons in new ways, while crude forms of chemical weapons have fallen within the reach of non-state actors.

Unless the international regime can adapt to address the threat of chemical weapons, these concerning trends will almost certainly intensify in the foreseeable future as proliferation networks and emerging technologies with CW implications mature.

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