Research Fellow in Chemical and Biological Security | Harvard Sussex Program, Science Policy Research Unit @sussexunibusiness.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3mh6kkwpj6224🔵Our new pre-print examines how #AI might intersect with #bioweapons across seven key acquisition stages, emphasising actors, utilities, and processes rather than technology alone. ➡️https://ssrn.com/abstract=6299518 #disarmament #CBW #biologicalweapons #OPCW #chemicalweapons16 Mar 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6kkwpj6224https://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3m5z7ke5uxk2gI’m very happy that our book on Julian Perry Robinson is now available. Editing it with colleagues, friends, and family has been a real privilege, and a reminder of how much his work influenced global anti-CBW thinking, policy, and outcomes. 🔗https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-04064-019 Nov 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5z7ke5uxk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lpc5axwkek2zThe 2025 #OPCW Director-General election marks a shift: for the first time, women are among the nominees. Out of 9, 3 are female. In 02, 09, & 17, it appears all nominations were men. What might this tell us about the politics of nomination, not just selection? #ec109 #disarmament16 May 2025 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpc5axwkek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3liynutbcis27Thank you to everyone who took part in Round 2 of our #AI and #CBW Delphi survey! The final(!) round will be released over the next day or two. The detail and focus you’ve all contributed is brilliant. This last round refines majority insights & tests consensus toward the most actionable ideas.25 Feb 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3liynutbcis27https://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lhmmt257ik22Thank you to all those now completing Round 2 of our AI-CBW Delphi study! Responses so far have been excellent. You should have received an email with the link earlier this week - do get in touch if you have any questions or issues. #OPCW #AI #CBW #BWC197207 Feb 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmmt257ik22https://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lh4qcr43zs2qA heartfelt thank you to all who participated in Round 1 of our Delphi study on AI & CBW governance. Your insights were invaluable. Round 2 opens next week: please watch your inbox for the link to this penultimate round! #AI #CBW #DelphiStudy01 Feb 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4qcr43zs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3ldoavh6kek2jAnd, for those interested, here's basic map tracing the routes taken by the various merchant transport vessels during Operation RECSYR. These were protected by naval vessels. The box shows all those who seemed to be involved (might need updating) #Syria #chemicalweapons #opcw19 Dec 2024 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoavh6kek2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3ldo6xv3y2s2zPerhaps time to dust off and re-read "Lessons Learned From The OPCW Mission In Syria". Conclusions and recommendations may be interesting place to start. https://www.the-trench.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Trapp-20151216-OPCW-Syria-lessons-learned.pdf ⬇️a flowchart revealing the complex, multinational effort to remove & eliminate thru 201419 Dec 2024 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldo6xv3y2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lczydtlztc24🚨Calling #CBW folks 🚨 We’re running a Delphi study exploring how the Chemical and #BiologicalWeapons Conventions can address emerging risks from AI. ✅ Anonymous ✅ 3 short online rounds (20–30 min each) ✅ Open to state parties, civil society & IOs Round 1 is open until Dec 18!11 Dec 2024 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczydtlztc24https://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbzcfvipbk2sAlways a pleasure and an honour to address the #OPCW Conference of States Parties. Great to see so many delegations, across all regional groups, in the room listening to the diversity of voices and issues that civil society brings. #CSP2928 Nov 2024 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzcfvipbk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbwxo64gu22yStanding room only at lunchtime Tuesday - thank you to all who joined our side-event at #OPCW #CSP29! Really rich discussions during the Q&A and after; our work is designed to complement and directly support efforts to understand implications of #AI for anti-CW policy and policy-makers.27 Nov 2024 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwxo64gu22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbwxijxxxk2yA happy snapshot of some fellow civil society delegates here at #OPCW #CSP29. Theres expectation that our CWC Coalition will deliver statements on Thursday afternoon. Thanks to the TS Public Affairs for facilitating & supporting our engagement work this week and intersessionally.27 Nov 2024 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwxijxxxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbtjq6ckwc2sIf you're interested in ways to think about AI and it's implications for the #CWC, then pop up to Yangtze 1, Tuesday lunch. There's a lot of stiff side event competition at #OPCW #CSP29, I am happy to share slides if the allure of others is too great!26 Nov 2024 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtjq6ckwc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbr3z5x25s2vAnother year rolls around: #CSP29 is about to kick off in The Hague. It's a wet and windy morning: cue the pathetic fallacy reference. There's lots on the agenda, not least #OPCW's recent TAV to Ukraine. And plenty of #CWCC events to engage with! 📄 at https://www.opcw.org/resources/documents/conference-states-parties/twenty-ninth-session-conference-states-parties25 Nov 2024 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbr3z5x25s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbejzbhwpc2eLooking forward to the @rusi.bsky.social side-event at OPCW #CSP29 on this topic; data of this nature underpins efforts toward universality as it can give us some practical sense of what the OPCW TS may need to deal with in the future - implicating skills, knowledge, resources, etc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2024 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbejzbhwpc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbcxfwenxk22With OPCW #CSP29 round the corner, here are three articles from HSP's CBW Conventions Bulletin helping us think about the history of misapprehensions about riot control agents in warfare, how their use may erode the CWC, and perhaps what may be done. 1/419 Nov 2024 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcxfwenxk22https://bsky.app/profile/ghionis.bsky.social/post/3lbcu464kes22'Ukraine requested technical assistance in relation to an incident of [the] “use of a chemical riot control agent" [...] analysis of these samples conducted by two #OPCW designated labs indicate [...] the riot control agent CS' https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024/11/s-2338-2024%28e%29.pdf #ukraine #chemicalweapons #teargas19 Nov 2024 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:3ieprg7fpyvmaplh4m2pezuc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcu464kes22