by Eric Harris Bernstein | Jun 14, 2013 | Monitor
In a statement by Deputy National Security Adviser Benjamin J. Rhodes on Thursday, June 13th, the Obama administration announced that it is now certain that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including Sarin, “on a small scale against the opposition...
by Eric Harris Bernstein | Jun 6, 2013 | Monitor
In an interview with France 2 yesterday, Wednesday, June 5, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stated that the French government has performed tests on Syrian soil samples and now possesses strong evidence of the use of Sarin gas by the Assad regime. “There...
by Chris Smith | Jun 6, 2013 | Monitor
Earlier this week in a post in Flashpoints Blog I argued while chemical weapons are a major national security concern, the possible manufacturing of sarin by non-state actors should be given special consideration. The manufacturing of sarin represents a unique threat...
by Chris Smith | Jun 5, 2013 | Monitor
There is an increasing concern today about the chance that Syria’s chemical stocks could fall into the hands to non-state actors as the civil war there continues. Possibilities as worrying as future attacks on military forces to terror attacks against neighboring...
by dtrombly | May 1, 2013 | Monitor
Uditinder Thakur is a foreign affairs analyst, focused primarily on issues related to the broader Middle-East and South Asia. A graduate of American University’s School of International Service, he holds a degree in International Studies with concentrations in U.S....
