Emma Soubrier
@esoubrier.bsky.social
Director of the PRISME Initiative; Associate Researcher at the Institute for Peace and Development at the Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France); also associated with the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University (Boston, U.S.A).
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At the PRISME Initiative, we’re proud to work with a brilliant group of Associate #Experts helping us reimagine security in #MiddleEast beyond arms & the military. Meet our expert trio shaping conversations in 2025–2026 | prismeinitiative.org/about/ 👇
#SALAM #InclusiveSecurity #MENA
#SALAM #InclusiveSecurity #MENA
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
At the PRISME Initiative, we’re proud to work with a brilliant group of Associate #Experts helping us reimagine security in #MiddleEast beyond arms & the military. Meet our expert trio shaping conversations in 2025–2026 | prismeinitiative.org/about/ 👇
#SALAM #InclusiveSecurity #MENA
#SALAM #InclusiveSecurity #MENA
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Security Beyond Arms: The Dual-Use Debate. How can Gulf states enhance security as they boost trade? Lauriane Héau (SIPRI) explains how export controls aren’t just about restrictions, they are tools for responsible trade & regional stability prismeinitiative.org/blog/relevan... #ArmsControl
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Security Beyond Arms: The Dual-Use Debate. How can Gulf states enhance security as they boost trade? Lauriane Héau (SIPRI) explains how export controls aren’t just about restrictions, they are tools for responsible trade & regional stability prismeinitiative.org/blog/relevan... #ArmsControl
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"President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday [and] pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests...legal scholars said the new measure would violate constitutional free speech rights..."
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Trump administration to cancel student visas of all 'Hamas sympathizers', White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledge to deport non-citizen college students and other resident aliens who took part in pro-Palestinian protests, a White House official said.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday [and] pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests...legal scholars said the new measure would violate constitutional free speech rights..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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“Yesterday, though he likely doesn’t realize it (or care), Donald Trump just put [the Jordan-Israel peace] treaty at serious risk by suggesting that Jordan accept the single most important thing the treaty was meant to prevent.”
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Jordan really doesn't want to host a Trump wave of Palestinian refugees
Neither does Egypt, but for Jordan it's existential.
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January 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Yesterday, though he likely doesn’t realize it (or care), Donald Trump just put [the Jordan-Israel peace] treaty at serious risk by suggesting that Jordan accept the single most important thing the treaty was meant to prevent.”
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/jordan-rea...
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/jordan-rea...
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In #LookingAhead2025, @jeffabramson.bsky.social says "Biden admin. has left President Trump a surprisingly low bar when it comes to improving U.S. arms trade restraint. Unfortunately and dangerously, the Trump admin. is likely to lower the bar even further." www.forumarmstrade.org/blog/predict...
January 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In #LookingAhead2025, @jeffabramson.bsky.social says "Biden admin. has left President Trump a surprisingly low bar when it comes to improving U.S. arms trade restraint. Unfortunately and dangerously, the Trump admin. is likely to lower the bar even further." www.forumarmstrade.org/blog/predict...
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“The watchdog added that people without Saudi nationality would not be allowed to own more than 49% of shares of the firms involved.”
Saudi Arabia allows foreigners to invest in firms with property in Mecca, Medina
Saudi Arabia's market regulator said on Monday it would allow foreign investment in listed companies that own real estate within Islam's two holiest sites of Mecca and Medina, as the Gulf country looks to attract more investment.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The watchdog added that people without Saudi nationality would not be allowed to own more than 49% of shares of the firms involved.”
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4th SALAM Workshop: Decentering Arms in Middle East Security (DAMES)
The DAMES Forum (September 2024), focused on solutions and community-building, gathered experts to ponder how stakeholders in and engaged with the MENA can reduce the reliance on arms as a cornerstone of their security strategies.
The DAMES Forum (September 2024), focused on solutions and community-building, gathered experts to ponder how stakeholders in and engaged with the MENA can reduce the reliance on arms as a cornerstone of their security strategies.
January 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
4th SALAM Workshop: Decentering Arms in Middle East Security (DAMES)
The DAMES Forum (September 2024), focused on solutions and community-building, gathered experts to ponder how stakeholders in and engaged with the MENA can reduce the reliance on arms as a cornerstone of their security strategies.
The DAMES Forum (September 2024), focused on solutions and community-building, gathered experts to ponder how stakeholders in and engaged with the MENA can reduce the reliance on arms as a cornerstone of their security strategies.
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3rd SALAM Workshop: Impacts of Militarized Foreign Policy
The third SALAM workshop (April 2024) gathered experts to discuss the impacts of militarized foreign policy, and in particular how it affects the emergence of different approaches to issues like migration and terrorism.
The third SALAM workshop (April 2024) gathered experts to discuss the impacts of militarized foreign policy, and in particular how it affects the emergence of different approaches to issues like migration and terrorism.
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
3rd SALAM Workshop: Impacts of Militarized Foreign Policy
The third SALAM workshop (April 2024) gathered experts to discuss the impacts of militarized foreign policy, and in particular how it affects the emergence of different approaches to issues like migration and terrorism.
The third SALAM workshop (April 2024) gathered experts to discuss the impacts of militarized foreign policy, and in particular how it affects the emergence of different approaches to issues like migration and terrorism.
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2nd SALAM Workshop: The Opportunity Cost of the Arms Trade
The second SALAM workshop (September 2023) gathered experts to discuss how arms manufacturing and trade divert attention from or interact with other pressing conversations in and between North America, Europe, and the MENA.
The second SALAM workshop (September 2023) gathered experts to discuss how arms manufacturing and trade divert attention from or interact with other pressing conversations in and between North America, Europe, and the MENA.
January 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
2nd SALAM Workshop: The Opportunity Cost of the Arms Trade
The second SALAM workshop (September 2023) gathered experts to discuss how arms manufacturing and trade divert attention from or interact with other pressing conversations in and between North America, Europe, and the MENA.
The second SALAM workshop (September 2023) gathered experts to discuss how arms manufacturing and trade divert attention from or interact with other pressing conversations in and between North America, Europe, and the MENA.
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1st SALAM Workshop: The Role of the Arms Trade
The inaugural SALAM workshop (April 2023) gathered experts to discuss the role the arms trade plays in bilateral and multilateral ties between countries in North America, Europe and the MENA region.
The inaugural SALAM workshop (April 2023) gathered experts to discuss the role the arms trade plays in bilateral and multilateral ties between countries in North America, Europe and the MENA region.
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1st SALAM Workshop: The Role of the Arms Trade
The inaugural SALAM workshop (April 2023) gathered experts to discuss the role the arms trade plays in bilateral and multilateral ties between countries in North America, Europe and the MENA region.
The inaugural SALAM workshop (April 2023) gathered experts to discuss the role the arms trade plays in bilateral and multilateral ties between countries in North America, Europe and the MENA region.
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🌍 Introducing PRISME: Rethinking Security in the Middle East 🌍
We’re excited to launch PRISME on Bluesky! 🎉 Our initiative fosters collaborative, non-militarized approaches to security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Here’s what we’ve been working on! 🧵👇
We’re excited to launch PRISME on Bluesky! 🎉 Our initiative fosters collaborative, non-militarized approaches to security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Here’s what we’ve been working on! 🧵👇
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🌍 Introducing PRISME: Rethinking Security in the Middle East 🌍
We’re excited to launch PRISME on Bluesky! 🎉 Our initiative fosters collaborative, non-militarized approaches to security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Here’s what we’ve been working on! 🧵👇
We’re excited to launch PRISME on Bluesky! 🎉 Our initiative fosters collaborative, non-militarized approaches to security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Here’s what we’ve been working on! 🧵👇