Lessons from Canada on Allied Burden-Sharing in Global WMD Threat Reduction

Global security risks are growing, including interstate conflict and terrorism, the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and mis- and disinformation. With global attention focused on the status and future of Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, the full scope and true status of the former Assad regime's chemical weapons program in Syria is still being investigated even as the conflict in Ukraine grinds on amid documented cases of chemical use on the battlefield in contravention of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Rapid developments in disruptive technologies require deft management of the heightened risks they present, particularly at the nexus with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) security, without jeopardizing the many beneficial opportunities they offer.

The discussion will review lessons and explore the challenges that lie ahead for Canada's role in almost a quarter of a century of cooperative efforts to reduce the threat from proliferation and terrorist use of WMD as a leading member of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP).

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