Simon Saradzhyan
Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-496-8228
Email: simon_saradzhyan@hks.harvard.edu
July 29, 2011
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: June-July 2011
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.
June 8, 2011
The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: April - May 2011
Newsletter
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Belfer, ISKRAN Complete Groundbreaking Joint Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism Threat; G-8 Extends Partnership to Prevent Spread of WMD Beyond 2012; Obama and Medvedev Discuss Nuclear Security and Counterterrorism; “Preventing the Next Fukushima”; more.
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.
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.
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December 23, 2010
"Russia's North Caucasus, The Terrorism Revival"
Op-Ed, International Relations and Security Network
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Terrorism has recently staged a deadly comeback in Russia after a lull of several years, writes Belfer Center fellow Simon Saradzhyan. "Escalatory logic and rivalry among leaders of the North Caucasus-based terrorist networks combined with landmark events planned in Russia and the dynamics of violence in the greater Middle East may fuel further spikes in organized political violence..."
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.
AP Photo
March 31, 2010
"Eliminating Terrorists, Not Terror"
Op-Ed, International Relations and Security Network
By Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"Suicide bombings in a Moscow subway once again illustrate that the elimination of terrorist leaders alone will not end security threats from the North Caucasus. Counterterrorism efforts require a major rethink," Simon Saradzhyan comments for ISN Security Watch.
