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  • Briefing Notes
    • ‘Entrepreneurial justice’ operations related to the Syrian conflict: role of The Commission for International Justice and Accountability and other businesses controlled by William Wiley
    • The White Helmets
      • Response to the Guardian Article by Olivia Solon
      • James Le Mesurier: a reconstruction of his business activities and covert role
    • “Novichoks” and the Salisbury poisonings
      • Doubts about “Novichoks”
      • Update to briefing note ‘Doubts about Novichoks’
      • Update on the Salisbury poisonings
      • The Novichoks story: chemical weapons programme or canary trap?
    • Alleged chemical attacks in Syria
      • The alleged chemical attack in Douma on 7 April 2018, and other alleged chlorine attacks in Syria since 2014
    • The OPCW investigations of alleged chemical attacks Part 1
      • Note on the final report of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission on the alleged chemical attack in Douma in April 2018
      • Engineering assessment of the Douma cylinders
      • Comments on official response to the release of the Engineering Assessment of the Douma cylinders
      • How the OPCW’s investigation of the Douma incident was nobbled*
    • The OPCW investigations of alleged chemical attacks Part 2
      • Update on the OPCW’s investigation of the Douma incident
      • The Integrity Initiative
      • Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative
  • Public statements
    • Personal statement on the CIJA sting: Paul McKeigue
    • Statement by Dr Piers Robinson Regarding the BBC (Chloe Hadjimatheou), Times (Dominic Kennedy), Daily Beast/Newslinesmag (Michael Weiss and Jett Goldsmith) attacks following the CIJA (Commission for International Justice and Accountability) sting operation targeting Professor Paul McKeigue, 24 March 2021
    • Email from BBC regarding their Intrigue series titled ‘Mayday’ and Working Group Response from Piers Robinson
    • Email correspondence with Chloe Hadjimatheou, Senior Reporter BBC Current Affairs, 24 July to 17 August 2020
    • Working Group Response to Smears
    • Response to Sir Alan Duncan
    • Response to the Guardian Article by Olivia Solon
  • Translations to other languages
    • Rapport d’évaluation technique émanant de l’ équipe d’ingénieurs
  • Working Papers
    • Intro to CW Issue
    • Democracies and War Propaganda in the 21st Century
    • Democracies and War Propaganda in the 21st Century (Downloadable PDF)
    • The OPCW Douma Investigation: Manipulation of Key Toxicology and Related Information Regarding Alleged Victims between the Original Interim Report and the Final Report
    • Investigating War Crimes in Syria: justice and accountability or politics and deception? (The case of OPCW, IIIM and their conjunction)
    • Diagnosing Disinformation: a reply to Wilson and Starbird
  • Relevant Published Articles, Chapters, Monographs and Reports (including by WG Members and Others)
  • Public Talks and Other Presentations
December 12, 2025 Working Group

Democracies and War Propaganda in the 21st Century (Downloadable PDF)

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