Ben Zala is the Manager (from 11 Jan 2010) of the Sustainable Security Programme at ORG. He is also a PhD candidate in International Relations and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Birmingham and holds a Bachelor of International Relations with first class honours from La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has previously worked at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) in the Energy, Environment and Development Programme and the La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue where he was also the editorial assistant for the scholarly journal Global Change, Peace and Security.  He has also previously worked for the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia). He has worked on security issues for a number of years and has published and spoken at conferences on issues of nuclear proliferation, arms control and disarmament and multilateral institutions.

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