Esra Serim is Guest Lecturer and Researcher at Université catholique de Lille – ESPOL Esra previously taught at Sciences Po d’Aix, from where she received her PhD. She has also been a visiting scholar at George Washington University in DC. Her doctoral dissertation addressed the post-Cold War effects of Iran’s nuclear programme on the US-Turkey relationship. Her current research focuses on conventional weapons, and arms trade. Esra’s published works deal with nuclear security, weapons of mass destruction, arms trade, and missile systems.