People
Vipin Narang
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Vipin Narang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University, where he focuses on nuclear proliferation in regional powers. In particular, his dissertation explores the sources of regional power nuclear postures and their consequent effect on deterring conflict.
Venkatesh "Venky" Narayanamurti
Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy; Professor of Physics, Harvard; Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program; Co-Principal Investigator, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Policy Project
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Venkatesh Narayanamurti was formerly the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Dean of Physical Sciences at Harvard. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University. He lectures widely on solid state, computer, and communication technologies and on the management of science, technology, and public policy.
Vali Nasr
Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Vali Nasr is a Senior Fellow with The Dubai Initiative, adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and both professor of international politics and associate director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
Andrew Newman
Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Andrew Newman is a Research Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom. His research interests include nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism, and the future of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Thomas M. Nichols
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Thomas M. Nichols is a professor of National Security Affairs, and the former Chairman of the Strategy Department, at the U.S. Naval War College. He is also a former U.S. Senate staff member. His most recent book is Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War. His current project is on the reform of nuclear strategy.
Ragnhild Nordas
Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program
Ragnhild Nordås is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include the effects of religion on political violence, non-state actors in civil war, state repression, group inequality and conflict, and environmental/climatic factors, and armed conflict.
Joseph S. Nye
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is former dean of the Kennedy School and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations. He has served as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, which coordinates intelligence estimates for the President, and as assistant secretary of defense.
