Salam Debate 5: Nuclear Politics in and with the MENA Region

In the fifth round of the SALAM project, participants each submitted 2,000-word essays on the following subject:

Nuclear Politics in and with the MENA Region

On Wednesday May 7, 2025, participants met for an online round-table debate, under the guidance of SALAM expert associates. The debate was divided into two sections headed by the following titles:

“Evolving Regional Nuclear Discourses & Security Dilemmas”.
“Diplomacy, Cooperation & the Future of Nuclear Governance”.

Synthesis Paper

Coming July 2025

The Essays

Essays will be published throughout June and July 2025.

Whose Nuclear Disorder? The Middle East in Global Nuclear Politics

Hassan Elbahtimy

De-securitisation by Silencing: Analysing Gulf States’ Diplomatic Discourse on Israel’s Nuclear Status

Ludovica Castelli

Following Israeli attacks, Iran and other Gulf states could prevent endless war through regional non-proliferation cooperation

Tytti Erästö

From Asymmetry to Autonomy: Rethinking Arms Control in the Middle East

Almuntaser Albalawi

The Essays

To be published throughout June/July 2025

Expert Associates

Framework

The SALAM project was launched as part of the broader project Revitalizing Debate on the Global Arms Trade, in collaboration with the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University. It continues to be supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York. PRISME is now hosted at the Institute for Peace and Development at Université Côte d’Azur.