Alexander Ghionis
@ghionis.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Chemical and Biological Security |
Harvard Sussex Program - SPRU
Harvard Sussex Program - SPRU
I’m very happy that our book on Julian Perry Robinson is now available. Editing it with colleagues, friends, and family has been a real privilege, and a reminder of how much his work influenced global anti-CBW thinking, policy, and outcomes.
🔗https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-04064-0
🔗https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-04064-0
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I’m very happy that our book on Julian Perry Robinson is now available. Editing it with colleagues, friends, and family has been a real privilege, and a reminder of how much his work influenced global anti-CBW thinking, policy, and outcomes.
🔗https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-04064-0
🔗https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-04064-0
The 2025 #OPCW Director-General election marks a shift: for the first time, women are among the nominees. Out of 9, 3 are female. In 02, 09, & 17, it appears all nominations were men. What might this tell us about the politics of nomination, not just selection? #ec109 #disarmament
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The 2025 #OPCW Director-General election marks a shift: for the first time, women are among the nominees. Out of 9, 3 are female. In 02, 09, & 17, it appears all nominations were men. What might this tell us about the politics of nomination, not just selection? #ec109 #disarmament
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#ChemicalWeapons #Destruction #Germany #OPCW
OPCW Executive Council Visits Germany’s Old Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities
www.opcw.org/media-centre...
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Throughout the site visit, the EC delegation received detailed presentations from the GEKA teams on the operations and progress ...
OPCW Executive Council Visits Germany’s Old Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities
www.opcw.org/media-centre...
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Throughout the site visit, the EC delegation received detailed presentations from the GEKA teams on the operations and progress ...
OPCW Executive Council Visits Germany’s Old Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities
Modern sophisticated facilities enable safe and secure destruction of WW2 legacy chemical weapons
www.opcw.org
March 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #Destruction #Germany #OPCW
OPCW Executive Council Visits Germany’s Old Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities
www.opcw.org/media-centre...
[...]
Throughout the site visit, the EC delegation received detailed presentations from the GEKA teams on the operations and progress ...
OPCW Executive Council Visits Germany’s Old Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities
www.opcw.org/media-centre...
[...]
Throughout the site visit, the EC delegation received detailed presentations from the GEKA teams on the operations and progress ...
Reposted by Alexander Ghionis
#ChemicalWeapons #Syria #Disarmament #OPCW
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Syria – A Door Opening?
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The announcement by caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani at the OPCW signals the prospect of finally eliminating chemical weapons in Syria completely. This ...
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Syria – A Door Opening?
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
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The announcement by caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani at the OPCW signals the prospect of finally eliminating chemical weapons in Syria completely. This ...
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Syria – A Door Opening? - PRIF BLOG
On March 5, 2025, the caretaker foreign minister of Syria, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, delivered a speech at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in which he promised that his...
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March 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #Syria #Disarmament #OPCW
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Syria – A Door Opening?
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
[...]
The announcement by caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani at the OPCW signals the prospect of finally eliminating chemical weapons in Syria completely. This ...
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Syria – A Door Opening?
blog.prif.org/2025/03/14/c...
[...]
The announcement by caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani at the OPCW signals the prospect of finally eliminating chemical weapons in Syria completely. This ...
Thank you to everyone who took part in Round 2 of our #AI and #CBW Delphi survey!
The final(!) round will be released over the next day or two.
The detail and focus you’ve all contributed is brilliant. This last round refines majority insights & tests consensus toward the most actionable ideas.
The final(!) round will be released over the next day or two.
The detail and focus you’ve all contributed is brilliant. This last round refines majority insights & tests consensus toward the most actionable ideas.
February 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A heartfelt thank you to all who participated in Round 1 of our Delphi study on AI & CBW governance. Your insights were invaluable.
Round 2 opens next week: please watch your inbox for the link to this penultimate round! #AI #CBW #DelphiStudy
Round 2 opens next week: please watch your inbox for the link to this penultimate round! #AI #CBW #DelphiStudy
February 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A heartfelt thank you to all who participated in Round 1 of our Delphi study on AI & CBW governance. Your insights were invaluable.
Round 2 opens next week: please watch your inbox for the link to this penultimate round! #AI #CBW #DelphiStudy
Round 2 opens next week: please watch your inbox for the link to this penultimate round! #AI #CBW #DelphiStudy
Reposted by Alexander Ghionis
Pleased to announce a new article in @foreignaffairs.com with @natashahall.bsky.social on the threat posed by Syria's remaining chemical weapons and the need to eliminate this threat and hold the former regime accountable for its chemical atrocities.
www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/syria-...
www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/syria-...
Syria Still Has Chemical Weapons
How to get the country’s new rulers to help eliminate Assad’s deadly arsenal.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Pleased to announce a new article in @foreignaffairs.com with @natashahall.bsky.social on the threat posed by Syria's remaining chemical weapons and the need to eliminate this threat and hold the former regime accountable for its chemical atrocities.
www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/syria-...
www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/syria-...
And, for those interested, here's basic map tracing the routes taken by the various merchant transport vessels during Operation RECSYR. These were protected by naval vessels. The box shows all those who seemed to be involved (might need updating) #Syria #chemicalweapons #opcw
December 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
And, for those interested, here's basic map tracing the routes taken by the various merchant transport vessels during Operation RECSYR. These were protected by naval vessels. The box shows all those who seemed to be involved (might need updating) #Syria #chemicalweapons #opcw
Perhaps time to dust off and re-read "Lessons Learned From The OPCW Mission In Syria". Conclusions and recommendations may be interesting place to start.
www.the-trench.org/wp-content/u...
⬇️a flowchart revealing the complex, multinational effort to remove & eliminate thru 2014
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⬇️a flowchart revealing the complex, multinational effort to remove & eliminate thru 2014
December 19, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Perhaps time to dust off and re-read "Lessons Learned From The OPCW Mission In Syria". Conclusions and recommendations may be interesting place to start.
www.the-trench.org/wp-content/u...
⬇️a flowchart revealing the complex, multinational effort to remove & eliminate thru 2014
www.the-trench.org/wp-content/u...
⬇️a flowchart revealing the complex, multinational effort to remove & eliminate thru 2014
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Abrupt halt to consultations in the Fifth Session of the #1972BWC Working Group cbw-events.org.uk/bwc-rep.html Latest = "Approaching the endgame, but an abrupt halt to consultations"
CBW Events -- BWC Review Conference Reports
cbw-events.org.uk
December 13, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Abrupt halt to consultations in the Fifth Session of the #1972BWC Working Group cbw-events.org.uk/bwc-rep.html Latest = "Approaching the endgame, but an abrupt halt to consultations"
🚨Calling #CBW folks 🚨
We’re running a Delphi study exploring how the Chemical and #BiologicalWeapons Conventions can address emerging risks from AI.
✅ Anonymous
✅ 3 short online rounds (20–30 min each)
✅ Open to state parties, civil society & IOs
Round 1 is open until Dec 18!
We’re running a Delphi study exploring how the Chemical and #BiologicalWeapons Conventions can address emerging risks from AI.
✅ Anonymous
✅ 3 short online rounds (20–30 min each)
✅ Open to state parties, civil society & IOs
Round 1 is open until Dec 18!
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 PM
🚨Calling #CBW folks 🚨
We’re running a Delphi study exploring how the Chemical and #BiologicalWeapons Conventions can address emerging risks from AI.
✅ Anonymous
✅ 3 short online rounds (20–30 min each)
✅ Open to state parties, civil society & IOs
Round 1 is open until Dec 18!
We’re running a Delphi study exploring how the Chemical and #BiologicalWeapons Conventions can address emerging risks from AI.
✅ Anonymous
✅ 3 short online rounds (20–30 min each)
✅ Open to state parties, civil society & IOs
Round 1 is open until Dec 18!
Standing room only at lunchtime Tuesday - thank you to all who joined our side-event at #OPCW #CSP29! Really rich discussions during the Q&A and after; our work is designed to complement and directly support efforts to understand implications of #AI for anti-CW policy and policy-makers.
November 27, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A happy snapshot of some fellow civil society delegates here at #OPCW #CSP29. Theres expectation that our CWC Coalition will deliver statements on Thursday afternoon. Thanks to the TS Public Affairs for facilitating & supporting our engagement work this week and intersessionally.
November 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Another year rolls around: #CSP29 is about to kick off in The Hague. It's a wet and windy morning: cue the pathetic fallacy reference. There's lots on the agenda, not least #OPCW's recent TAV to Ukraine. And plenty of #CWCC events to engage with!
📄 at www.opcw.org/resources/do...
📄 at www.opcw.org/resources/do...
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Another year rolls around: #CSP29 is about to kick off in The Hague. It's a wet and windy morning: cue the pathetic fallacy reference. There's lots on the agenda, not least #OPCW's recent TAV to Ukraine. And plenty of #CWCC events to engage with!
📄 at www.opcw.org/resources/do...
📄 at www.opcw.org/resources/do...
Looking forward to the @rusi.bsky.social side-event at OPCW #CSP29 on this topic; data of this nature underpins efforts toward universality as it can give us some practical sense of what the OPCW TS may need to deal with in the future - implicating skills, knowledge, resources, etc.
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 20, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Looking forward to the @rusi.bsky.social side-event at OPCW #CSP29 on this topic; data of this nature underpins efforts toward universality as it can give us some practical sense of what the OPCW TS may need to deal with in the future - implicating skills, knowledge, resources, etc.
With OPCW #CSP29 round the corner, here are three articles from HSP's CBW Conventions Bulletin helping us think about the history of misapprehensions about riot control agents in warfare, how their use may erode the CWC, and perhaps what may be done. 1/4
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
With OPCW #CSP29 round the corner, here are three articles from HSP's CBW Conventions Bulletin helping us think about the history of misapprehensions about riot control agents in warfare, how their use may erode the CWC, and perhaps what may be done. 1/4
'Ukraine requested technical assistance in relation to an incident of [the] “use of a chemical riot control agent" [...] analysis of these samples conducted by two #OPCW designated labs indicate [...] the riot control agent CS' www.opcw.org/sites/defaul... #ukraine #chemicalweapons #teargas
November 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
'Ukraine requested technical assistance in relation to an incident of [the] “use of a chemical riot control agent" [...] analysis of these samples conducted by two #OPCW designated labs indicate [...] the riot control agent CS' www.opcw.org/sites/defaul... #ukraine #chemicalweapons #teargas