Jeffrey Knopf, Middlebury Institute professor and program chair of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, was interviewed by CBC News on chemical weapons both broadly and in the specific context of Russia and Ukraine.
According to Professor Knopf, chemical weapons can take various forms and can be designed to either disperse quickly or linger. He says there is no clear military rationale for Russia to deploy chemical weapons, but with President Putin’s unpredictability, it can’t be ruled out.
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In an article for The Conversation, Professor and Program Chair of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Jeffrey William Knopf writes that Russia’s likelihood of using chemical weapons in Ukraine is low but not zero.
Middlebury Institute experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies write about the quantity and spread of nuclear weapons across the world.
Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis spoke with the New York Times about Russia’s use of a previously unknown decoy to help ballistic missiles avoid Ukrainian air defense.
