People
Hassan Abbas
Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Dr. Hassan Abbas' research interests are nuclear proliferation, religious extremism in South and Central Asia, and relations between Muslims and the West. In association with the Belfer Center, he is currently working on a project focusing on police reforms and counterinsurgency in Pakistan.
Graham Allison
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Member of the Board
Director of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Graham Allison has for three decades been a leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy with a special interest in terrorism.
Kayhan Barzegar
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Kayhan Barzegar is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, and a lecturer at the School of International Relations in Tehran.
Emma Belcher
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Emma Belcher is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Ms. Belcher's dissertation examines international cooperation to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through the Proliferation Security Initiative.
Tom Bielefeld
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom
Tom Bielefeld is pursuing a doctorate in physics with the University of Bremen. His research interests comprise nuclear and missile nonproliferation, radioactive sources security, radiological attack preparedness and response, and nuclear forensic science.
Philipp C. Bleek
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Philipp Bleek is a Ph.D. candidate in international relations in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His dissertation explores whether and under what conditions states pursue and acquire nuclear weapons in response to rival proliferation.
Andrew Brown
Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Andrew Brown was born in London and educated in England. For nearly thirty years, he has worked as physician. He developed an interest in the 20th century history of science which led him to examine the influence of scientists on political leaders.
Matthew Bunn
Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Co-Principal Investigator, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (ERD3) Policy Project
Member of the Board
Matthew Bunn is an Associate Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. His research interests include nuclear theft and terrorism; nuclear proliferation and measures to control it; and the future of nuclear energy and its fuel cycle.
R. Nicholas Burns
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ambassador Nicholas Burns is Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Member of the Board of Directors at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
