Simon Saradzhyan

Simon Saradzhyan is a research fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Prior to joining the Belfer Center, Saradzhyan worked as a researcher for East West Institute and as a consultant for the United Nations and World Bank. Saradzhyan has also previously worked as deputy editor of Moscow Times and has contributed articles for many other publications as well, such The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, Defense News, Space News and Homeland Defense Journal. He is an expert in security and foreign policy affairs and has authored a number of academic papers on the subject.

Selected publications

 * Disrupting Escalation of Terror in Russia to Prevent Catastrophic Attacks. Saradzhyan, Simon and Nabi Abdullaev. Discussion Paper 2005–10, International Security Program, December 2005.
 * Russia: Grasping Reality of Nuclear Terror. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 607, No. 1, 64–77 (2006)..
 * Russia's System to Combat Terrorism and Its Application in Chechnya. NATO Security Through Science Series, 2006, VOL 14, pages 176-190.
 * ''Trade-offs Between Security and Civil Liberties in Russia's War on Terror: Four Regional Case Studies, by Abdullaev, Nabi and Saradzhyan, Simon in "Russia's Battle with Crime, Corruption and Terrorism," Routledge; Ill edition, 2008.
 * ''Saradzhyan, Simon. "Russia's Non-strategic Nuclear Weapons in Their Current Configuration and Posture: A Strategic Asset or Liability?" Paper, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, February 2010.
 * ''Bunn, Matthew, and Yuri Morozov, Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen, Simon Saradzhyan, William Tobey, Viktor I. Yesin, and Pavel S. Zolotarev. The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism. Cambridge, Mass.,: Report for Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, June 6, 2011.
 * '' Saradzhyan, Simon and Nabi Abdullaev. "Putin, the protest movement and political change in Russia." EU Institute for Security Studies, February 17, 2012.