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📢 The #GPWMD quarterly newsletter is out now!

Catch up on the latest #CBRN initiatives & achievements from GP members & partners - & get a glimpse of what’s ahead.

Read it here 👇
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📍 This week, #GPWMD members and partners are in Vancouver for the second and final Working Group meeting under Canada’s G7 presidency. #GPWG
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As 2025 #G7 President and Chair of the Global Partnership Against WMD, next week Canada will host the final #GPWMD working group meeting of the year.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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(1/7) Last week the @gpwmd.bsky.social
Initiative to Counter Disinformation delivered a statement on #CBRN #Disinformation in Disarmament at the Eightieth Session of the #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee.
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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(1/6) This week on the margins of #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee, the @gpwmd.bsky.social Initiative launched our newest evidence-based tool to support countering activities — the #CBRN #Disinfo Tracker.
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢 The #GPWMD quarterly newsletter is out now!

Catch up on the latest #CBRN initiatives & achievements from GP members & partners - & get a glimpse of what’s ahead.

Read it here 👇
bit.ly/3KLHUlB
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#GPWMD is committed to supporting Ukraine to address WMD threats resulting from Russia’s war. This is why Canada and the UK have provided additional protective equipment (gas masks and filters) to the MoD, with more to follow.

We are stronger together.
October 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This week in Vientiane, #GPWMD partners 🇨🇦, 🇯🇵, 🇰🇷, 🇪🇺, and 🇬🇧 met with #ASEAN countries and external stakeholders to further strengthen health security collaboration to mitigate biothreats in ASEAN.
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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(1/3) New publication alert! Our @gpwmd.bsky.social Initiative to #Counter #Disinformation has released its latest product, which highlights a long term research project that sought to better understand the potential impact of #BW disinformation on state-level decision making.
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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💬 "Nefarious actors can harness this technology for malevolent reason."

@isaacbogoch.bsky.social describes both the potential benefits and harms that new technology such as AI may have in the field of countering WMD.

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#WMDs
September 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Chemical weapons destruction is a top #GPWMD priority and #CWD25 is a must-attend event. It is a key platform for collaboration, innovation, and progress on chemical weapons demilitarisation.

Don’t miss out - register today. See you in London!

www.gov.uk/government/n...
CWD 2025: the next step in ridding the world of chemical weapons
Dstl experts and partners will be discussing the challenge of destroying undeclared stockpiles of chemical weapons at annual conference.
www.gov.uk
August 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
📍 Today, on the margins of the Sixth Session of the Working Group on Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention #1972BWC, a #SIMBA_BIO side event highlighted recent collaboration with the #BWCISU & African-GP partners.
August 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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(3/4) The @gpwmd.bsky.social Initiative to #Counter #Disinfo has developed a ‘BW disinformation primer’ as a tool for stakeholders to identify and understand the tactics, narratives and motivations that underpin malicious biological weapons disinformation.
August 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
As evidenced by this important @rusi.bsky.social analysis, #GPWMD and its partners remain at the forefront of global efforts to identify, assess, and address WMD threats.
August 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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(1/5) Last month the @gpwmd.bsky.social initiative to Counter CBRN Disinformation attended the National Defense University for the 2025 WMD Symposium, Deter, Counter, and Defeat: WMD Challenges for the Joint Warfighter.
August 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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🚨New report, 'Raw Materials for Potential Chemical Warfare Agents: Technical Assessment 1' by the Project Anthracite Team is out now!
Raw Materials for Potential Chemical Warfare Agents: Technical Assessment 1
This report outlines the chemical steps required to produce key precursor chemicals required to support chemical weapons. It considers the upstream and downstream processing steps from raw materials, ...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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⚡️ Rapid technological advancements are re-shaping the landscape around non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

🖊️ Read our report exploring opportunities to effectively mitigate evolving threats.

🤝 @canadafp.bsky.social I @gpwmd.bsky.social

🔗 wiltonpark.org.uk/reports/the-...
July 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚨 📣 The July edition of the #GPWMD quarterly newsletter is now live! Dive into the latest #CBRN initiatives, milestones, & collaborations from our 31 global members & partners.

Read it here ⬇️
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July 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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💬 'Failure is simply not an option.'

Trevor Smith on how we can protect ourselves from malign actors using new technology to develop weapons of mass destruction.

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#WMD #artificialintelligence #technology
July 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Interested in learning more about the CBRN disinformation circulating online? Our 18th #CBRN #disinformation narrative monitoring snapshot is out! This report identifies several false narratives spread between May 27th and June 2nd 2025.

Read more here: gpwmdcounterdisinfo.com/policy-brief...
Monitoring Snapshot 18
DFRLab conducts a weekly review of data produced by a search query including Ukrainian, Russian and English languages to identify when spikes of CBRN disinformation narratives are spreading on Telegra...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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💬 ‘There’s a concern that people, in their bathtubs, will be developing chemical weapons. I don’t see that happening.’

Brian Shoichet of @uofcalifornia.bsky.social discusses the impact that new technology may have on work countering #WMD.

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June 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today marks 23 years since the launch of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons & Materials of Mass Destruction #GPWMD at the 2002 G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada.

The #G7's return to Kananaskis this year is a chance to reflect on how far we've come. #GP23
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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(3/3) We also explored local #CBRN-related #disinformation narratives and experiences on the African continent - an increasingly important focus for the @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social initiative and for @gpwmd.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Under Canada’s 2025 G7 Presidency, #GPWMD is developing a strategy and action plan to counter and leverage (for good!) WMD relevant technologies.

✉️ Want to learn more or how to contribute? Contact us at GlobalPartnershipWMD@gmail.com
💬 'When it comes to weapons of mass destruction...there's no room for error.'

Trevor Smith discusses how artificial intelligence and new technology could be used to enhance our ability to anticipate and respond to #WMD threats.

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#AI
June 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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(1/3) The @gpwmd.bsky.social counter CBRN disinfo team has released its latest #disinformation tactic as part of the series of spotlight reports highlighting the common tactics used to spread #CBRN disinformation.
June 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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💬 'There's infinite possibilities of how this technology can be used.'

@isaacbogoch.bsky.social discusses how new technologies like #AI can be harnessed to help protect against weapons of mass destruction.👇

🤝 Global Affairs Canada I @gpwmd.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM