Ralf Trapp

A chemist, Trapp is a France-based technical consultant to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. His expertise includes chemical toxicology and chemical weapons arms control. He was a researcher at the East German Academy of Science's Institute of Chemical Toxicology and has contributed to a range of publications, including those published by the Stockholm International Peace Research.

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Articles by Ralf Trapp

Agree to Disagree
2 July 2008

Biosecurity solutions beyond the BWC

Ralf Trapp
Agree to Disagree
2 July 2008
AfricaAmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

The expanding range of biowarfare threats

Alan PearsonJonathan B. TuckerPal AasRalf Trapp

Scientists are developing new substances at the cross section of biology and chemistry--such as peptide bioregulators--that could be used to incapacitate and kill.

Agree to Disagree
3 June 2008

Defining legal boundaries for incapacitating weapons

Ralf Trapp
Agree to Disagree
9 May 2008

When states fail to address incapacitants

Ralf Trapp
Agree to Disagree
14 April 2008

We may not have the right tools to control the emerging threat

Ralf Trapp
Agree to Disagree
6 March 2008

What's the difference between prohibited and permitted chemical agents?

Ralf Trapp

The title of Jonathan Tucker's article could easily have been "the body's own chemical weapons." I'm making this point to highlight the convergence between biology and chemistry--a development whose implications for arms control needs further study.