Articles by Zoha Naser

May 13, 2025

☢️ Saudi Arabia’s nuclear prospects in an era of strategic competition

Zoha Naser

Saudi Arabia faces an existential threat from a potentially proliferating Iran and an unpredictable ally in the Trump administration. Zoha Naser and Sarah Tzinieris explore how the country is carefully weighing up its strategic partnerships as it pursues a civil nuclear programme

Zoha Naser

Research Assistant, Centre for Science and Security Studies, King’s College London

Zoha works on a number of research areas, including nuclear security, non-proliferation, supply chain and space power.

She recently co-authored a handbook of case studies on the nuclear security implications of Counterfeit, Fraudulent and Suspect Items (CFSIs), published as part of an IAEA-coordinated research project on CFSIs in nuclear.

She also contributed to a report for the Vienna Centre of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation about the overlap between AI, nuclear security and the supply chain.

Zoha has spoken at a number of high-level conferences and meetings about nuclear security and supply chain security in critical industry.

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