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Zain Hussain
Researcher
Zain Hussain
Zain Hussain is a Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, focusing on the Middle East and North Africa.
Zain studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He worked at the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) as a QPSW peaceworker, assisting them in their work on a project devoted to the idea of a WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East. He then worked as a researcher in the field of ESG for Vigeo Eiris/Moody’s ESG, focusing on controversial weapons activity.
Subject expertise
Arms Transfers
Regional expertise
Middle East and North Africa
CONTACT Zain Hussain
Languages
English, Urdu, Hebrew, Arabic
Education
MSc, International Politics, SOAS University of London
BA, Arabic and Hebrew, SOAS University of London
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- How top arms exporters have responded to the war in Gaza (Topical backgrounder, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2023 (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2024)
External publications
- Hussain, Z., Russian Arms Exports to the Middle East and North Africa, Manara Magazine (Oct 2024)
- Hussain, Z., Israel and the Arab States’ positions in international discussions concerning disarmament, BASIC (Feb 2019)
- Hussain, Z., How can we move forward after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal?, BASIC (Feb 2019)
- Hussain, Z., Why All Regional States Should Attend the November 2019 Conference on the Middle East WMD Free Zone, BASIC (April 2019)
- Hussain, Z., Why the Israeli Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity is Harmful for Prospects of a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East, BASIC (June 2019)
- Hussain, Z., Weak Civil Society Engagement and Public Awareness of WMD Disarmament in the Arab World: Anomaly or Global Phenomenon? Geneva Centre for Security Policy (June 2021)