This dedicated page aims to monitor, document, and analyze ‘disinformation’ issues and trends in the sphere of Chemical and Biological arms control and nonproliferation. While curating CBW-related (dis)information (News, Analysis, Reports/Books etc.) from open source (with due credit), the page would focus on how State Actors and Non-State Actors spread false/fake narratives and propaganda to erode nonproliferation norms and undermine trust in multilateral treaties and international institutions.
(Supported by Health Security Partners (HSP) and Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC)
TIMEP: "How Disinformation Surrounding Syria’s Chemical Attacks Undermines Public Health"
The Assad regime in Syria has strategically employed disinformation campaigns to obscure the truth about the chemical attacks it perpetrated, complicating humanitarian efforts and undermining public health.
"Russia Spreads Disinformation to Cover Up Its Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine"
In May 2024, the United States imposed new sanctions on three Russian government entities and four Russian companies in response to its full-scale war and use of chemical weapons against Ukraine.
CSIS: "Information Pollution and What It Means for Arms Control"
Over the past decade, Russia has stepped up its disinformation campaigns to erode trust in arms control across the nuclear, chemical, and biological domains. The new era of rapidly disseminated disinformation poses significant challenges to U.S. national security and, more specifically, to arms control verification and compliance. In this polluted information environment, offense is king.
Global Biosecurity: "The war on the OPCW"
Abstract: For the past five years, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been the target of a concerted disinformation campaign. CBRN Perspectives & Analytics looks back on how an institution so central to global counterproliferation came under attack.
National Interest: "Policymakers Must Prepare for the Advent of AI Disinformation"
Regulating the development of artificial intelligence is possible—and necessary. Tristan Paci
Disinformation, CBW and COVID Concerns: Exploring the New Age Scourge
The growing trend of disinformation operations is weakening the trust in international community general and multilateral institutions in particular. The policy of biological weapons disinformation is being pursued by all the major powers, and quite interestingly, the victim of it is also from all the major global political groupings.
"How Russia turned America’s helping hand to Ukraine into a vast lie"
Information is the world’s lifeblood. It pulsates in torrents of facts and images. We are swamped with it.
EJIS: "Disinformation in international politics"
Abstract: Concerns over disinformation have intensified in recent years. Policymakers, pundits, and observers worry that countries like Russia are spreading false narratives and disseminating rumours in order to shape international opinion and, by extension, government policies to their liking.
CWIHP: "China’s False Allegations of the Use of Biological Weapons by the United States during the Korean War"
"A little-remembered aspect of the Korean War is an issue of great importance to those concerned with arms control and allegations of the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), namely nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.