Leonardo Bandarra, a regional organization for a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East
Channel: Middle East Treaty Organization (METO)
Date: 28/10/2021

Dr. Leonardo Bandarra, is a programme associate at the Middle East Treaty Organization and holds a PhD in Political Science at the University of Goettingen, Germany. He is also an associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), a think-tank in Hamburg, and an alumni of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Leonardo, who was a key member of drafting team, explains some of the new details added to this version of the treaty including mechanisms of verification and compliance that would be undertaken by a regional organization specifically created for this purpose.