Richard Guthrie

Richard Guthrie is the Co-ordinating Editor of the CBW Events website. He created this website as part of a long-term project to attempt to record the significant events in the history of the development of chemical and biological warfare.

He recently returned to the UK from Sweden where he was Project Leader of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Project of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Before Sweden, Richard was an independent consultant working with inter-governmental bodies, governments, NGOs and academic units. He was involved in a long-term collaboration with the Harvard Sussex Program (1988-2003), where he was responsible for production of The CBW Conventions Bulletin and for managing certain data resources. He also edited or co-edited seven volumes of the VERTIC yearbook (1991–97) and the VERTIC newsletter Trust and Verify (1992–97). He was responsible for production of the PPNN Newsbrief (1989–2001). He also worked part-time in the House of Commons for sixteen years.

Richard's recent publications other than CBW Events chronology materials are listed on the Contemporary Activities page.

He is currently taking some time away from his normal work in order to undertake a PhD at the University of Bath (which may mean this site gets updated less frequently in the meantime!) Other outside activities include membership of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions and chairmanship of the Bath branch of the United Nations Association