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Ali Ahmad is a Research Fellow studying energy policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program. His research interests include energy security and resilience and the political economy of nuclear energy in newcomer markets, with focus on the Middle East.


Articles by Ali Ahmad

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi at the Bushehr Nuclear Plant in 2015.

How to reduce the risk of a catastrophic spent nuclear fuel fire near the Persian Gulf

By Tara Burchmore, Tom Spence, Ali Ahmad | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Credit: IAEA Imagebank via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ten years after Fukushima: The experts examine lessons learned and forgotten

By Ali Ahmad, Aditi Verma, Francesca Giovannini | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia’s nuclear program: Separating real concerns from threat inflation

By Ali Ahmad | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

A Yemeni rebel claim highlights the risk of nuclear power in the Middle East

By Ali Ahmad | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Iran and multinational enrichment in the Middle East

By Ali Ahmad, Ryan Snyder | Uncategorized

The Saudi proliferation question

By Ali Ahmad | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion