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Olamide Samuel

Dr Olamide Samuel

Research Associate in Nuclear Politics

Department: History Politics and International Relations, School of

Profile

I engage in track II diplomacy and research arms control, nuclear policy and international security. I previously taught International Security and Diplomatic Practice (MA) at SOAS University of London from 2018 to 2021. From February 2019 to March 2021 I was the coordinator of SCRAP Weapons disarmament project.

Research

Research Focus

Nuclear Policy, International Security, Multilateral Diplomacy:

Nuclear Proliferation dynamics: drivers and history of horizontal proliferation, governance of dual-use technologies.
Nuclear Safety and Security: Nuclear Terrorism, Kinetic Counterproliferation, Military Attacks on Civilian Nuclear Infrastructure, International Humanitarian Law governing nuclear infrastructure.
Nuclear Disarmament: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Nuclear Weapons Free Zones, Disarmament Verification, the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons.
Strategic cultures of Nuclear deterrence
Nuclear Orders and Ages

Publications

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Samuel O, ‘How African Leadership Made the Ban Treaty a Reality | Nuclear Weapons’ Al Jazeera (2020) <https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/10/27/africa-nuclear-weapons-ban-treaty> accessed 10 March 2022

Samuel O, ‘The Danger of Wild Mushrooms: Africa and Nuclear Weapons Disarmament’ (SOAS Blog, 2020) <https://study.soas.ac.uk/africa-weapons-disarmament/> accessed 10 March 2022

Samuel O, ‘Livestreaming Lekki - Digital Evidence of #EndSARS Shooting in Nigeria Makes Impunity Much Harder’ The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg, 27 October 2020) <https://allafrica.com/stories/202010270161.html> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘Africa and the Atomic Bomb: Part I’ (Inkstick, 26 May 2021) <https://inkstickmedia.com/africa-and-the-atomic-bomb-part-i/> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘What Role Can Nuclear Energy Play in Africa’s Climate Transition?’ AlJazeera (21 November 2021) <https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/11/21/nuclear-energy-should-be-part-of-africas-climate-strategy> accessed 22 February 2022

Samuel O, ‘Putin’s War Might Be Destroying the Global Nuclear Order’ (Inkstick, 31 March 2022) <https://inkstickmedia.com/putins-war-might-be-destroying-the-global-nuclear-order/> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘Far From a Done Deal: Europe and the Nuclear Ban Treaty’ (Green European Journal) <https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/far-from-a-done-deal-europe-and-the-nuclear-ban-treaty/> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘It Is Time to End Impunity in Nigeria | Protests | Al Jazeera’ Al Jazeera <https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/12/9/this-is-why-the-lekki-massacre-could-happen> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘Livestreaming Lekki: Digital Evidence of #EndSARS Shooting in Nigeria Makes Impunity Much Harder’ (The Conversation) <http://theconversation.com/livestreaming-lekki-digital-evidence-of-endsars-shooting-in-nigeria-makes-impunity-much-harder-148696> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘Loin d’être Une Affaire Conclue : L’Europe et Le Traité d’interdiction Nucléaire’ (Green European Journal) <https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/loin-detre-une-affaire-conclue-leurope-et-le-traite-dinterdiction-nucleaire/> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, ‘The Unintended Consequences of Trump’s Nuclear Gambit’ Al Jazeera <https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/6/18/the-unintended-consequences-of-trumps-nuclear-gambit> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O and Futter A, ‘The Global South: Access to Nuclear Technologies and the Ban Treaty’ (BASIC, 21 March 2022) <https://basicint.org/the-global-south-access-to-nuclear-technologies-and-the-ban-treaty/> accessed 11 April 2022

Samuel O, Plesch D and Wilson H, ‘Arms Control 2.0? With Open Source Tools, Desktop Sleuths Can Go Where Governments Won’t’ (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 27 July 2020) <https://thebulletin.org/2020/07/arms-control-2-0-with-open-source-tools-desktop-sleuths-can-go-where-governments-wont/> accessed 11 April 2022

Press and media

I am available to speak and grant interviews on the following topics at short notice:

Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Energy (with a focus on Africa)
Nuclear Safety & Security
Small Arms and Light Weapons proliferation (Sub-Saharan Africa focus)

Conferences

Presentation Title: ‘Nuclear Risk Reduction and the P5’
Seminar: 30 March 2022
Organised by: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Presentation Title: ‘Africa and the Atom , Rethinking African Agency in the Global Nuclear Order’
Seminar: 26 March 2021
Organised by: Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard University

Presentation Title: ‘Agency, Africa, and the Atom’
Seminar: 10 February 2021
Organised by: Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Harvard University

Presentation Title: ‘Nuclear Disarmament: Anticipating the next 20 years’
Event: Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament: What does the Future Hold? - 14 October 2020
Other Panellists:
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Kate Hudson, General Secretary, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Jonathon Porritt, Founder, Forum for the Future
Organised by: Nuclear Information Service, UK

Presentation Title: ‘Austria, Nuclear Neutrality and the Humanitarian Initiative’
Event: New Neutrality: Emerging Laws in Nuclear Weapons, Outer Space & Cyberspace - 12 December 2020
Other Panellists:
Richard Weitz, Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute
Alexia Solomou, UNICAF
Dr. Justin Anderson, Senior Policy Fellow, CDU Center for the Study of WMD
Organised by: Center for Global Governance and Emerging Law, Albany Law School

Presentation Title: ‘Treaty Compliance and Emerging Technologies: A Case Study of Ground Based Visual Observations in NewSTART’
Event: Verification in the Age of Google Earth: Webinar 4 - 23 September 2020
Other Panellists:
Joseph Byrne (RUSI)
Joseph Dube (IANSA)