The Global Catastrophic Risk of Biological and Chemical Warfare

12 November 2018 • 
Publications, Reports and Papers
VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane has contributed to the Global Challenges Foundation's 2018 publication entitled "Global Catastrophic Risks."
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VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane contributed to the Global Challenges Foundation yearly publication, entitled Global Catastrophic Risks, which provides analyses of the greatest threats to humanity, provided by the latest scientific research and contributions from leading experts at think tanks and other institutions. This year, Ms. Kane provided an updated on the dangers of biological and chemical warfare since her last assessment in 2017.

In particular, Ms. Kane addressed the recent use of chemical weapons and the resulting strain placed on the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention.

"The Khan Sheikhoun attack resulted in at least 85 victims - including some 20 children - dying from the deadly nerve agent Sarin (or 'sarin-like' compound). Though the risk may always exist from easily available dual-use chemicals, and from terrorists like the Aum Shinrikyo, which perpetrated the Tokyo attack in 1995, there is a global risk that the hard-won consensus on banning state-use of toxic chemicals will be further weakened."

Read Ms. Kane's full article here.


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