Bob Rigg

Bob Rigg is former senior editor with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and a former chair of the New Zealand National Consultative Committee on Disarmament.

Syria: return to the Middle Ages

If the US decides to unilaterally attack Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s recent observations on the subject will be fulfilled: "If any country attacks another when it wants, that is like the Middle Ages."

By Bob Rigg

/ 1 Sep 2013

Questioning the intelligence: Obama's decision to supply arms to Syria

The red line threshold has finally been crossed – but on unverified intelligence, encouraged by appetites for military intervention. It is Iraq all over again.

By Bob Rigg

/ 18 Jun 2013

Chemical weapons, the Middle East, the UN Security Council and now, Syria

In a region with a long history of nuclear and chemical weapons, when is a red line a red line?

By Bob Rigg

/ 26 Apr 2013