In this episode of The Arms Control Primer, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Dr Hassan Elbahtimy and Robert Kelley to explore Libya’s nuclear ambitions from 1969 to 2003. They trace Libya’s uneven pursuit of nuclear capability, from early ideological motivations and foreign assistance to links with the A.Q. Khan network, before unpacking the inspections that followed Muammar Gaddafi’s decision to abandon the programme. The discussion assesses what inspectors could (and could not) verify and why Libya remains a cautionary case for arms control, verification, and regime-security debates today.
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