Fahmy highlighted his takeaways on the current state of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament in the Middle East in a keynote speech that was part of the Middle East Center’s Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa conference, held April 27-29 on Penn’s campus. Taking a wide view of nuclear issues in the Middle East and North Africa, discussions examined nuclear energy alongside nuclear weapons and investigated the conceptual and material processes that enforce this divide. “Do I think we can achieve the zone now or achieve Middle East peace now? Ghazvinian asked how much use dialogue would be when one country has a nuclear weapons stockpile and is not a member of the NPT. Those obstacles make it unlikely that a nation would start a nuclear weapons program today, he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 03, 2023 08:41 UTC