Arms control in the Middle East with Hanna Notte

In this insightful episode of The Arms Control Poseur, Dr Hanna Notte, a distinguished expert in Middle Eastern geopolitics, takes us through the historic efforts to establish arms control in the Middle East. She provides a comprehensive oral history of the multilateral discussions from the early 1990s, focusing on the Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) working group. Dr Notte examines the successes and challenges of these talks, their connection with the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (WMDFZ) initiative, and emphasizes the importance of inclusive participation and external leverage in arms control processes. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the complexities of regional security and the diplomatic efforts to foster stability in the Middle East. 

The Arms Control Poseur is a podcast series produced by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC).  

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Date of Recording: 28 April 2023 

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Episode background reading:

Wilson Center, ‘ACRS Oral History Project, The ACRS Oral History Project: An Exploration into the Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group’, Dr Hanna Notte and Dr Chen Kane, https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/topics/acrs-oral-history-project. 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, ‘Arms Control in the Middle East’, https://www.sipri.org/research/armament-and-disarmament/weapons-mass-destruction/arms-control-middle-east.  

Hebatalla Taha, ‘Misremembering the ACRS: Economic Imaginations and Nuclear Negotiations in the Middle East’, Global Affairs, vol. 7, no. 2, 28 July 2021 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23340460.2021.1955622.  

The Nuclear Threat Initiative, ‘Arms Control and Regional Security in the Middle East (ACRS)’, https://www.nti.org/education-center/treaties-and-regimes/arms-control-and-regional-security-middle-east-acrs/.  

Links: 

Funder: www.nonproliferation.eu/. 

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