Olli Heinonen
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-495-5663
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: olli_heinonen@hks.harvard.edu
October 23, 2012
"Nuclear Iran: Technical Issues Overshadowing Negotiations"
Op-Ed, Policy Watch
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Simon Henderson
Although both Washington and Tehran deny reports that they have agreed to bilateral nuclear negotiations, the rumors will prompt fresh debate about what concessions the United States can or should make.
October 12, 2012
"Critical Monitoring and Verification Issues In Northeast Asia"
Op-Ed
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This paper addresses critical monitoring and verification issues arising from the proposal of Morton M. Halperin on a new approach for the security in Northeast Asia.
IAEA Imagebank
September 7, 2012
"What We Know About Iran's Nukes"
Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Simon Henderson
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed last week that his government isn't interested in nuclear weapons: "Our motto is nuclear energy for all and nuclear weapons for none," he said. A better perspective was provided almost simultaneously from the world's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which on Aug. 30 released its latest report on Iran's nuclear activities.
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July 23, 2012
"Nuclear Submarine Program Surfaces in Iran"
Op-Ed, Power & Policy Blog
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
After the announcement by the deputy chief of the Iranian navy that it is considering nuclear propulsion for its submarines[1], actions have proceeded swiftly. A bill in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Committee was approved[2], and debate in Majlis is to follow in coming days, parallel to the next round of the P5+1 talks with Iran in Istanbul.
July/ August 2012
"The Rocky Road of Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran"
Op-Ed, Arms Control Today
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The following is an excerpt from Olli Heinonen's article, "The Rocky Road of Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran", published in Arms Control Today. For full text of the article, click here.
July 16, 2012
"The Middle Eastern Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (WMDFZ) – Nuclear Verification"
Conference Paper
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This publication is based on a presentation at the “Verification in the 21st Century – Technological, Political and Institutional Challenges and Opportunities”, 17 – 20 June 2012, Wilton Park, UK.
July 10, 2012
"Laser Isotope Separation –The Genie is out of the Bottle"
Presentation
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
On May 16, 2012, the Center for Strategic and International Studies invited Mr. Olli Heinonen (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs) to discuss the safeguardablity of uranium laser enrichment. Attached are some of the main points of the presentation.
June 1, 2012
"Analysis of Small Particles in Support of Big Decisions"
Presentation
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Olli Heinonen, senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, made this presentation on the inauguration of a new multimillion dollar instrument at the Transuranium Institute in Germany on June 1, 2012.
May 31, 2012
"Iran's Growing Stockpile"
Op-Ed, Foreign Policy
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
“The latest chess match between Iran and six major powers in Baghdad ended last week without any declared breakthrough. This is not entirely surprising. Talks were unlikely to make significant headway with Iran offering to sacrifice a pawn -- 20 percent enriched uranium -- in exchange for the queen -- the lifting of oil sanctions,” Olli Heinonen, former deputy director-general of the IAEA and senior fellow at the Belfer Center, writes in a Foreign Policy op-ed. “In the meantime, the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report on Iran, released May 25, reveals new information, most notably the presence of uranium particles enriched to 27 percent, well above the declared 20 percent enrichment level at the Fordow underground enrichment plant. Right now, the key question that the IAEA is trying to answer is how much uranium was enriched to 27 percent and over what period of time the enrichment took place.”
May 22, 2012
"The Verification of the Peaceful Nature of Iran's Nuclear Program"
Book Chapter
By Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
In this chapter, Olli Heinonen examines a decade of actions taken by Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Heinonen suggests a number of measures Iran might take to provide assurance to the international community that it is not developing nuclear weapons. He writes: In tandem with the continued search for a negotiated political solution between the P5+1 and Iran, the IAEA should continue to press for commitments that would provide the best assurances on that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful. This means that the verification process will have to be comprehensive and expansive. What this also means is that the current stage of unsatisfactory cooperation and approach by Iran to the IAEA needs to change. Given the past experiences, if Iran takes the opportunity of widening those with the following measures, the IAEA will be in a position to provide assurances about the scope of Iran’s nuclear program.
