Beenish Pervaiz

Pervaiz, who expects to receive an undergraduate degree in politics and economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2014, is a Global Zero regional intern for India and Pakistan and a former participant in Pakistan's Young Leaders Conference. As a participant in Model United Nations, she has directed a committee on the International Atomic Energy Agency and overseen external relations for her university's annual Model UN conference.

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Articles by Beenish Pervaiz

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
14 January 2013
Middle East

Futility, acceptance, progress

Beenish Pervaiz

Maryam Javan Shahraki and Selim Can Sazak have conducted quite a debate on Iran's nuclear program. It has been a microcosm of the international debate on the same issue, in which many questions are raised and few are answered.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
13 December 2012

Balanced approach, consistent standards

Beenish Pervaiz

In their essays to this point, Maryam Javan Shahraki and Selim Can Sazak have disagreed about whether Iran poses a security threat to its region and the world, and what the ramifications of that threat might be.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
22 November 2012
AsiaMiddle East

Challenges and solutions for nonproliferation

Beenish Pervaiz

As globalization progresses, the political order is undergoing increasing stress. Both international organizations and non-state actors are eroding the traditional concept of national sovereignty, challenging states' monopoly of power in the political, military, territorial, and legal realms.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
20 November 2012

Millennials on the next nuclear generation

Maryam Javan ShahrakiSelim Can SazakBeenish Pervaiz

In the 42 years since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) came into force, much has changed in the world -- the Cold War has ended, the global number of nuclear weapons has decreased, yet the number of nuclear-armed states has increased.