MAD's Midlife Crisis: The Impact of US-Russia Rivalry on International Arms Control

... successful way. As the Australian diplomat Ian McConville rightfully noted , in order to avoid a widening split in the BWC community, “we need to break down the existing deep divisions among states parties so that our common goal of strengthening the BWC can continue apace.” The US and Russian attitudes for strengthening the regime for the prohibition of chemical weapons Although elimination of the remaining chemical weapons stockpiled in Russia and the United States — the two largest possessors of chemical arsenals — has yet to be completed, the emphasis of the CWC regime is gradually shifting from ...