Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

October 30, 2024 | David Rader, Adam Papa

Why the Defense Department needs a chief economist

The Department of Defense budget is growing, and the DOD is spending more money in novel industries and nontraditional areas than ever before. To ensure the DOD spends smartly in this new environment,...

March 28, 2022 | David Maxwell |

How To Respond To North Korea’s ICBM Test

On March 24, North Korea possibly tested its new Hwasong-17 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Kim Jong-un broke part of his self-imposed moratorium on ICBM (and nuclear) tests that he promised...

August 15, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Imagining the Islamic Republic

Last week, the European Union issued a statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear weapons deal concluded with Iran’s rulers, from which President Trump withdrew three...

February 15, 2017 | Olli Heinonen

Nuclear Terrorism: Renewed Thinking for a Changing Landscape

Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I appreciate this opportunity to share with you some of my personal reflections on nuclear terrorism. Specifically, I would like t...

March 8, 2016 | |

Olli Heinonen, former IAEA head of Safeguards, Joins FDD as Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation

Olli Heinonen, former head of Safeguards and Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as Advisor on Science a...

January 21, 2016 | Olli Heinonen |

Beyond Implementation Day: Transparency and Enforcement for the Long Term

FDD Research

December 8, 2015 | Olli Heinonen |

Next Steps in the Implementation of the JCPOA

FDD Research

December 19, 2013 | Orde Kittrie |

Iran Plays Games with the Geneva Deal

Co-authored by Olli Heinonen Nearly a month since the six-month Joint Plan of Action&...

May 13, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Radioactive Regime

The list is long of Occidentals who’ve fallen for Persia. This isn’t surprising. Compared with Arab lands save Egypt, Iran has a longer history—Hegel described the Persians as &...

December 17, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross The Truman Project

Will the U.S. Enjoy “A Brighter Energy Outlook”?

The National Intelligence Council’s newly released Global Trends 2030 report is an important r...

June 7, 2010 |

FDD Releases The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security and Stability

Press Release June 7, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 [email protected]   FDD Releases The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam,...