Simon Saradzhyan
Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-496-8228
Email: simon_saradzhyan@hks.harvard.edu
June 6, 2011
The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism
Report
By Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Yuri Morozov, Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, William H. Tobey, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Viktor I. Yesin and Pavel S. Zolotarev
Researchers from the United States and Russia have issued a joint assessment of the global threat of nuclear terrorism, warning of a persistent danger that terrorists could obtain or make a nuclear device and use it with catastrophic consequences. The first joint threat assessment by experts from the world’s two major nuclear powers concludes: “If current approaches toward eliminating the threat are not replaced with a sense of urgency and resolve, the question will become not if but when, and on what scale, the first act of nuclear terrorism occurs.”
April 11, 2011
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: February - March 2011
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
High-Ranking U.S. Official To Discuss HEU Removal from Ukraine; Bunn on Lessons Learned at Fukushima; Heinonen Proposes Empowering IAEA to Probe Trafficking of Dual Use Items; NATO and Russia Urged to Start Building Security Alliance; more.
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March 22, 2011
"Russia Presses Ahead With Nuclear Plants After Japan Crisis"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
While Russian authorities saw the recent calamities in Japan as a chance to initiate a rapprochement with the country, says Simon Saradzhyan, Moscow's overtures to Tokyo have received a cool reception. However, he says, "Japan's nuclear crisis nonetheless represents an opportunity for Russian policy-makers to take a fresh look at the country's nuclear energy policies in order to ensure that both existing and future plants are protected against natural or man-made calamities, even those that may still seem unthinkable."
February 3, 2011
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: December 2010 - January 2011
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Suicide Terrorist Attack on Moscow's Domodedovo Airport; Pakistan and Russia Consult on Counterterrorism and Non-Proliferation; Counterterrorism Training Center in Russia to Be Built in Russia; more.
January 25, 2011
"Missile Defense: Game-Changer in NATO-Russia Relations"
Op-Ed, International Relations and Security Network
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Belfer Center Fellow Simon Saradzhyan writes, "The US and its NATO allies remain at loggerheads with Russia over missile defense in Europe, threatening to shutter fledgling NATO-Russian cooperation. However, an agreement on a cooperative missile system would transform the Moscow-NATO relationship from that of military stand-off to substantive, sustainable partnership."
November 2010
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: October-November 2010
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ex-Secretaries Urge Senate to Ratify New START; Belarus to Give Up HEU Stock; Russia Opens International Atomic Fuel Bank in Angarsk; and more.
October 4, 2010
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: August-September 2010
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter is a forum for discussing nuclear terrorism and actions to contribute to improved joint US-Russian assessment of the threat of nuclear terrorism. Available in both English and Russian.
July 26, 2010
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: June-July 2010
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter is a forum for discussing nuclear terrorism and actions to contribute to improved joint US-Russian assessment of the threat of nuclear terrorism. Available in both English and Russian.
July 1, 2010
"Russia and the 'Global Zero'"
Op-Ed, Russia in Global Affairs
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
A nuclear-free world will probably prove unattainable even in the longer-term. However, if Russia, the U.S. and other responsible nations take even some of the initial steps required to progress towards Global Zero, the world will become significantly safer-not only for these nations, but for the entire international community.
May 4, 2010
"The Role of China in Russia’s Military Thinking"
Op-Ed, International Relations and Security Network
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Simon Saradzhyan discusses the role of China in Russia's military thinking, drawing particular attention to Russia's socio-economic and demographic problems in the Far East and Siberia.
