Zoha is a PhD candidate in the Department of War Studies, where her research focuses on the application of the concept of strategic stability to the space domain.

Having previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS), Zoha was involved with a number of research projects ranging from chemical weapons education in Kurdistan to the security of the civil nuclear supply chain. She has presented her research at a number of high-level conferences and meetings, including at the IAEA.

Zoha holds a BA in International Relations from Royal Holloway, University of London and an MA in Science and Security Studies from King’s College London.

Research Project Summary:

Zoha’s proposed doctoral research will seek to enhance understanding of how a space-faring nation may communicate a desire to establish or maintain a condition of strategic stability in space. It will seek to understand how nation states and actors have been able to maintain a condition of relative stability despite proliferation of technology for security purposes and tense international relations. The piece will ultimately seek to help enrich theories of communication and signalling for strategic stability and consider how this may manifest in the space domain.

Research Interests:

• Strategic stability
• Space security
• CBRN
• Proliferation and non-proliferation
• Nuclear security

PhD supervisors:

• Prof. Wyn Bowen
• Dr Jeni Mitchell

Publications:

Books:

• Hobbs, C., Naser, Z., Salisbury, D., & Tzinieris, S. (2024), ‘Securing the Nuclear Supply Chain: A Handbook of Case Studies on Counterfeit, Fraudulent and Suspect Items’, King's College London, https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-164

Research Articles:

• Hobbs, C., Naser, Z., Salisbury, D., & Tzinieris, S. (2024), ‘Securing the Nuclear Supply Chain: A Handbook of Case Studies on Counterfeit, Fraudulent and Suspect Items’, King's College London, https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-164
• Hobbs, C., Naser, Z. & Tzinieris, S. (2025), 'Securing the nuclear supply chain: Addressing the issue of counterfeiting', International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, vol. 50, no. 100767, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcip.2025.100767.
• Naser, Z. & Tzinieris, S. (2025), ‘The Kingdom at a Crossroads: Saudi Arabia’s nuclear prospects in an era of strategic competition’, The Loop, European Consortium for Political Research, 13 May 2025, https://theloop.ecpr.eu/saudi-arabias-nuclear-prospects-in-an-era-of-strategic-competition/

Policy Papers

• Naser, Z., & Tzinieris, S. (2025), ‘A Coercive Tool of Statecraft: State-Sponsored Attacks on Civil Nuclear Facilities’, Karve - Industry Insights, https://www.karveinternational.com/insights/state-sponsored-attacks-on-civil-nuclear-facilities

Pure:

• https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/zoha-naser

Bluesky:

https://bsky.app/profile/zohanaser.bsky.social