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June 23, 2021
Cyber Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction
For two decades, U.S. policymakers, military leaders, and analysts have drawn connections between cyber threats and WMD that demand attention from experts who work in both fields. While recognizing there are a variety of definitions for WMD in use today, the WMD Center does not believe classifying cyber threats as WMD is warranted or advantageous for the United States at this time.
Dec. 5, 2019
Fentanyl as a Chemical Weapon
John Caves provides some perspective on the question of whether fentanyl should be considered a chemical weapon, and offers some recommendations to mitigate the risk that fentanyl compounds could be weaponized in the future.
July 10, 2017
The Proliferation Security Initiative in 2017: U.S. Interagency Perspectives
In 2003, President George W. Bush unveiled the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in a speech in Krakow, Poland.