The Chemical Weapons Convention: Will it Assure The End of Chemical Warfare?

Abstract

After more than a generation of negotiations, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) has completed a draft treaty banning the development, production, stockpiling, transfer, and use of chemical weapons (CW). Unfortunately, despite all the successful work put into the CWC it will not, and cannot assure a permanent halt to chemical warfare. This paper analyzes the merits of having a CWC treaty to thwart chemical weapons proliferation. It will offer a way to strengthen the verification regime. Finally, from this analysis, the paper reaches conclusions concerning what CW policy best supports U.S. national interests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 22, 1993
Accession Number
ADA263851

Entities

People

  • Eddie Cain
  • Mark W. Walsh

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Economic Sanctions
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Negotiations
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies