🚨 Exciting news: a new SALAM workshop is coming! This spring, explore “Nuclear Politics in and with the MENA Region” with cutting-edge contributions from across the region and beyond. Dive into the evolving dynamics of nuclear diplomacy, deterrence, and energy in the Middle East

At the PRISME Initiative, we’re proud to work with a brilliant group of Associate #Experts helping us reimagine security in #MiddleEast beyond arms & the military. Meet our expert trio shaping conversations in 2025–2026 | prismeinitiative.org/about/ 👇 #SALAM #InclusiveSecurity #MENA

Security Beyond Arms: The Dual-Use Debate. How can Gulf states enhance security as they boost trade? Lauriane Héau (SIPRI) explains how export controls aren’t just about restrictions, they are tools for responsible trade & regional stability prismeinitiative.org/blog/relevan... #ArmsControl

Participants explored complexities of militarization, identifying opportunities to shift security priorities. They examined global & regional shifts, structural barriers, and pathways to decenter arms in favor of human & environmental security. Their memos are available here: https://buff.ly/42nSplz

4th SALAM Workshop: Decentering Arms in Middle East Security (DAMES) The DAMES Forum (September 2024), focused on solutions and community-building, gathered experts to ponder how stakeholders in and engaged with the MENA can reduce the reliance on arms as a cornerstone of their security strategies.

3rd SALAM Workshop: Impacts of Militarized Foreign Policy The third SALAM workshop (April 2024) gathered experts to discuss the impacts of militarized foreign policy, and in particular how it affects the emergence of different approaches to issues like migration and terrorism.

2nd SALAM Workshop: The Opportunity Cost of the Arms Trade The second SALAM workshop (September 2023) gathered experts to discuss how arms manufacturing and trade divert attention from or interact with other pressing conversations in and between North America, Europe, and the MENA.

1st SALAM Workshop: The Role of the Arms Trade The inaugural SALAM workshop (April 2023) gathered experts to discuss the role the arms trade plays in bilateral and multilateral ties between countries in North America, Europe and the MENA region.

🌍 Introducing PRISME: Rethinking Security in the Middle East 🌍 We’re excited to launch PRISME on Bluesky! 🎉 Our initiative fosters collaborative, non-militarized approaches to security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Here’s what we’ve been working on! 🧵👇