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Farrah Zughni

Farrah Zughni, Managing EditorFarrah Zughni became managing editor of Arms Control Today in October 2010. Before joining ACA, she was an editor and writer at NOW Lebanon, an online news Web site. She has also worked and interned with a number of D.C. organizations including the Arab American Institute, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, and AMIDEAST. Farrah has a master’s degree in Arab and Middle East Studies from the American University of Beirut and a B.A. in government and philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Recent Publications

  • Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Gets 25 Years
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2012

    International arms dealer Viktor Bout was sentenced last month to 25 years in prison for crimes related to arms trafficking.
  • Hurdles for Arms Trade Treaty Underscored
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2012

    U.S. officials last month emphasized the need for an arms trade treaty (ATT) while acknowledging its possible limitations and the obstacles to agreement on the pact, which is to be negotiated July 2-27 at the United Nations.
  • Pakistan Blocks CD Agenda Again
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2012

    Pakistan blocked the consensus needed to establish a program of work for the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD) on March 15, continuing the negotiating body’s 16-year stalemate. For the past several years, Islamabad has been the only country blocking agreement to begin negotiations on a treaty banning the production of nuclear materials for weapons. The CD is the sole multilateral negotiating body on disarmament.
  • Books of Note
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2012

    Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East, Bernd W. Kubbig and Sven-Eric Fikenscher, eds., Routledge, 2012, 335 pp.

     

    No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and International Security, Jonathan D. Pollack, Routledge, 2011, 247 pp.
  • Lawmakers Focus on Syrian Weapons
    Arms Control Today
    April 3, 2012

    A number of U.S. lawmakers have expressed concern that political instability in Syria threatens the security of the country’s chemical and conventional weapons stockpiles as well as its nuclear material. Administration officials have acknowledged the threat and say they will continue to monitor the situation.