Gareth Rhys Williams
@garethrhys.bsky.social
Formerly OPCW, Dstl, and FCDO 🇺🇳 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🌎
Currently a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI
International Security, Disarmament, and all things Chemical Weapons ☠️
Cymro Alltud 🏴
Currently a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI
International Security, Disarmament, and all things Chemical Weapons ☠️
Cymro Alltud 🏴
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A riot control agent found in samples collected in Ukraine by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons implicates Russia in yet another breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention. What steps can states parties to the convention take next, ask @lenniep.bsky.social and Gareth Williams.
Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine Tests Global Norms to Breaking Point
A riot control agent found in samples collected from the confrontation lines in Ukraine by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons implicates Russia in yet another breach of the Chemi...
rusi.org
Read a commentary piece by @lenniep.bsky.social and myself for @rusi.bsky.social, exploring the options available to States Parties after OPCW finds evidence of CW use in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Reposted by Gareth Rhys Williams
We welcomed our Royal Patron HM The King to @RUSI_org to mark 50 years that HRH The Duke of Kent has been our President. RUSI was the first think tank in the world founded by the first Duke of Wellington in 1831 - and now chaired by the current Duke! An old Institute doing cutting edge research.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We welcomed our Royal Patron HM The King to @RUSI_org to mark 50 years that HRH The Duke of Kent has been our President. RUSI was the first think tank in the world founded by the first Duke of Wellington in 1831 - and now chaired by the current Duke! An old Institute doing cutting edge research.
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I've written a lot about disordered discourse and counterpublics, but given recent events I want to cover a key part of disordered discourse, which I call the four pillars of disordered doubt.
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've written a lot about disordered discourse and counterpublics, but given recent events I want to cover a key part of disordered discourse, which I call the four pillars of disordered doubt.
The Project Anthracite team @rusi.bsky.social has been busy!
Our latest report, a technical assessment of raw materials required for CW production, part of a wider series assessing North Korea's CW capabilities, is out!
Thanks to Global Affairs Canada for funding the work.
See the link below 👇🏻
Our latest report, a technical assessment of raw materials required for CW production, part of a wider series assessing North Korea's CW capabilities, is out!
Thanks to Global Affairs Canada for funding the work.
See the link below 👇🏻
🚨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, ...
www.rusi.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Project Anthracite team @rusi.bsky.social has been busy!
Our latest report, a technical assessment of raw materials required for CW production, part of a wider series assessing North Korea's CW capabilities, is out!
Thanks to Global Affairs Canada for funding the work.
See the link below 👇🏻
Our latest report, a technical assessment of raw materials required for CW production, part of a wider series assessing North Korea's CW capabilities, is out!
Thanks to Global Affairs Canada for funding the work.
See the link below 👇🏻
Reposted by Gareth Rhys Williams
🚨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, ...
www.rusi.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🚨New report, 'Raw Materials for Potential Chemical Warfare Agents: Technical Assessment 1' by the Project Anthracite Team is out now!
"Right, what's a Speaker got to do to get some lubrication around here?"
May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Parish notice: am looking for a couple of people (ideally grad students with pol science or history background) to help me out with some research for a project I’m working on. Will pay for the time. DM if interested or send on to someone if you think would fit the bill.
January 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Parish notice: am looking for a couple of people (ideally grad students with pol science or history background) to help me out with some research for a project I’m working on. Will pay for the time. DM if interested or send on to someone if you think would fit the bill.
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Cartoon by Ruben L. Oppenheimer in Dutch newspaper NRC.
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Cartoon by Ruben L. Oppenheimer in Dutch newspaper NRC.
Reposted by Gareth Rhys Williams
Struggling for a Christmas Present? Pop this in their stocking
December 10, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Struggling for a Christmas Present? Pop this in their stocking
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🚨Following the news that the @nca-uk.bsky.social has uncovered a multi-billion-dollar Russian money laundering network, RUSI's @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social provides her analysis below.
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
🚨Following the news that the @nca-uk.bsky.social has uncovered a multi-billion-dollar Russian money laundering network, RUSI's @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social provides her analysis below.
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The headline: “Whitehall reverts to working from home”
The reality: “The average attendance rate across departments from the period last year was 57 per cent, while this year it is 69 per cent.”
The reality: “The average attendance rate across departments from the period last year was 57 per cent, while this year it is 69 per cent.”
December 3, 2024 at 10:38 PM
The headline: “Whitehall reverts to working from home”
The reality: “The average attendance rate across departments from the period last year was 57 per cent, while this year it is 69 per cent.”
The reality: “The average attendance rate across departments from the period last year was 57 per cent, while this year it is 69 per cent.”
As someone who has recently moved to live on top of this vast salt reserve, this is a fascinating thread (especially for me, as I've been trying to learn a bit about the salty surrounding industry)
🧂SALT🧂
The other day I wrote about the marvellous story behind road salt.
But it turns out there's even more surprises when you consider the OTHER type of salt - the kind you sprinkle on your chips.
Might seem humdrum, but, even today, it's still one of the most important substances in the world...
The other day I wrote about the marvellous story behind road salt.
But it turns out there's even more surprises when you consider the OTHER type of salt - the kind you sprinkle on your chips.
Might seem humdrum, but, even today, it's still one of the most important substances in the world...
December 4, 2024 at 8:39 AM
As someone who has recently moved to live on top of this vast salt reserve, this is a fascinating thread (especially for me, as I've been trying to learn a bit about the salty surrounding industry)
Read a commentary piece by @lenniep.bsky.social and myself for @rusi.bsky.social, exploring the options available to States Parties after OPCW finds evidence of CW use in Ukraine 🇺🇦
A riot control agent found in samples collected in Ukraine by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons implicates Russia in yet another breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention. What steps can states parties to the convention take next, ask @lenniep.bsky.social and Gareth Williams.
Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine Tests Global Norms to Breaking Point
A riot control agent found in samples collected from the confrontation lines in Ukraine by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons implicates Russia in yet another breach of the Chemi...
rusi.org
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Read a commentary piece by @lenniep.bsky.social and myself for @rusi.bsky.social, exploring the options available to States Parties after OPCW finds evidence of CW use in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Reposted by Gareth Rhys Williams
RUSI's latest report as part of the picture to assess the DPRK's CW capability.
rusi.org/explore-our-...
rusi.org/explore-our-...
R&D Areas to the North of Hamhung: North Korea’s Chemical Facilities: Site Profile 3
The third in a series of site profiles examines academic and research and development buildings in the Hamhung Area of North Korea.
rusi.org
November 19, 2024 at 10:04 AM
RUSI's latest report as part of the picture to assess the DPRK's CW capability.
rusi.org/explore-our-...
rusi.org/explore-our-...