(Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs) Emily B. Landau - While creating a Weapons of Mass Destruction-free zone (WMDFZ) in the Middle East is a worthy goal, regional conditions are not conducive to its creation, nor currently even to serious discussion of the idea. Egypt has been the strongest advocate of the WMDFZ idea since its inception in 1990 (by President Hosni Mubarak), and is the party that almost single-handedly forced it onto the international agenda. The writer is the director of the Arms Control and Regional Security program at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University.
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