Almuntaser Albalawi

Associate Fellow

Almuntaser Albalawi is an Associate Fellow and a PhD candi­date at the Research Depart­ment Inter­national Security and the Research Group Biological and Chemical Disarm­ament and Security. His research focuses on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons regimes and analyzes the develop­ment of enforce­ment norms and proce­dures across regimes.

albalawi(at)prif.org

CV

| since 2023
Associate Fellow at PRIF‘s Research Depart­ment Inter­national Security

| since 2023
Researcher at UN Institute for Disarm­ament Research (UNIDIR) for the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Project

| 2022–2023
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF

| 2022
Certified Project Manage­ment Professional (PMP)

| 2022
Researcher / short term consultant for the World Bank

| 2022
Acting manager of the Chemical, Biological, Radio­logical and Nuclear (CBRN) Threat Office at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) in Jordan

| 2022
Senior staff scientist at the Biosafety and Bio­security Center – Royal Scientific Society (RSS) in Jordan

| 2021
Master of Arts in Conflict Reso­lution with distinction at the University of Jordan, School of Inter­national Studies

| 2019–2021
Project associate at the Middle East Scientific Institute for Security (MESIS)

| 2019
Certified Nuclear Security Profes­sional (CNSP) by World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS)

| 2018–2019
Project assistant at the Middle East Scientific Institute for Security (MESIS)

| 2018
Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering with a focus on Nuclear Safety and Security at Jordan University of Science and Techno­logy (JUST)

| 2017
Intern at the Nuclear Safety, Security and Safe­guards Direc­torate, Jordan Energy and Minerals Regu­latory Com­mission (EMRC)

Projects

Publications

  • Beyond the Echo Chamber: Creating a More Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Nuclear Weapons Policy Field
    | 2023
    Nair, Sneha; Fleming-Zhou, Ian; Reitmann, Louis; Hazarika, Monalisa; Albalawi, Almuntaser (2023): Beyond the Echo Chamber: Creating a More Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Nuclear Weapons Policy Field, in: Kim Obergfaell (eds), De-siloing Existential Threats: Challenging Identity, Power, and Inclusivity in the Nuclear Policy Field, London: BASIC, 26-35.
    Publication
  • Middle East and North Africa
    | 2023
    Albalawi, Almuntaser (2023): Middle East and North Africa, in: Kim Obergfaell (eds), Regional Youth Perspectives on the NPT Review Process. An Early Career/Youth Consultation by BASIC’s Emerging Voices Network (EVN), London: BASIC, 22-27.
    Publication

  • The Pursuit of Consensus
    | 2023
    Albalawi, Almuntaser; Burck, Kristoffer (2023): The Pursuit of Consensus. The Fifth Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference, PRIF Spotlight, 8, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot0823
  • Why a WMD-free zone in the Middle East is more needed than ever
    | 2023
    Albalawi, Almuntaser (2023): Why a WMD-free zone in the Middle East is more needed than ever, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
    Publication

Further Activities