Deterrence Reset: Prospects for WMD Attribution and Accountability in a Post-CW Use World
Abstract
The Center for Strategic and International Studies proposes to deliver a 12-month study on the prospective use of legal and institutional mechanisms to identify and hold accountable the perpetrators ofWMD attacks - such as the chemical weapons attacks in Syria and the Middle East - and the implications of suchmechanisms for deterrence, nonproliferation, and stability. The studywill review the international community s response to the use of chemical weapons (CW) in the ongoing Syrian conflict and Iraq, to examine the capacity of international institutions to identify and hold any state and/or non-state actors perpetrating, organizing, or sponsoringWMDaccountable; explore the legal mechanisms by whichjustice can be pursued post-attribution; and capture the lessons ofrepeated use of chemicals asweapons in Syria and Iraq for the broader nonproliferation regime. Using interviews and two workshops, the project will produce and test a matrix of accountability frameworks and theWMD/WME and actors to which those frameworks might be applicable. Itwill result in a 30-40-page paper and a multimedia video. The study will serve a public purpose by convening senior humanitarian, legal, and nonproliferation experts not typically involved in WMD discussions, as well as raising the general public s awareness of the steps being taken at the international level to hold those responsible for the chemical weapons attacks in the Middle East accountable.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 2018
- Source ID
- FA70001710016
Entities
People
- Rebecca Hersman
Organizations
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- United States Air Force Academy