Dr Hassan Elbahtimy is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and co-chair of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group at Harvard University. He has written widely on the global politics of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, with his work appearing in  Foreign Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, Security Studies, the Nonproliferation Review, and the Journal of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament. His research was awarded the McElveny Grand Prize by the Nonproliferation Review.Dr. Elbahtimy previously served as Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies. He is also a former trustee and executive committee member of the British International Studies Association (BISA), where he twice chaired the committee for the Ling Outstanding First Book Prize.