Chen Zak Kane
Dr. Chen Kane is the Middle East Nonproliferation Program Director at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey. Dr. Kane is the founder of the Middle East Next Generation Arms Control Network. Dr. Kane has held research positions at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, as well as the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Dr. Kane was an adviser to both the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism at Tufts University, the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, as well as an adjunct professor with the National Defense University. Prior to joining CNS, Dr. Kane worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She holds a PhD and MALD from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Recent Publications:
- Dr. Hanna Notte, and Dr. Chen Zak Kane, “An Oral History of the Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) Working Group” (co-authored with H Notte)”, Wilson Center, December 2022, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/ACRS%20Oral%20History%20Project%20-%20Final%20Report_0.pdf
- Chen Zak Kane and Rhianna Tyson Kreger, “Coronavirus in the Middle East: A rare opportunity for diplomacy?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 10, 2020, https://thebulletin.org/2020/04/coronavirus-in-the-middle-east-a-rare-opportunity-for-diplomacy/
- A virtual panel on Biological Warfare and Pandemics in the Middle East, Middle East Institute, April 2, 2020.
- Bilal Y. Saab and Chen Zak Kane, “Regional security from the ground up,” Middle East Institute, February 27, 2020, https://www.mei.edu/publications/regional-security-ground
- Dwan, Renata and Chen Zak Kan. “The ways and means in which nuclear-weapon-free zones contribute to regional peace, stability and other political objectives“
- Dr. Chen Zak Kane, “US-Russia Dialogue ME WMDFZ” 18 December 2020