“Misremembering the ACRS: economic imaginations and nuclear negotiations in the Middle East”

This article examines the political economy of Arab-Israeli peacemaking in first half 1990s, specifically multilateral working group on Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS). It focuses misplaced memorialization ACRS process as a lost opportunity for establishment nuclear weapons free zone (NWFZ) Middle East, which has resulted continuous “return” to policy discussions. The contends that rather than producing mechanisms disarmament, was part larger economic restructuring served platform militarized relations. Seeking destabilize dominant repertoires demonstrates overlap between processes entrenchment imaginaries. offers deeper understanding how realm interacts with motifs peace prosperity.