Alumni Govern, Educate, Analyze Around the World

In late 2016, former Belfer Center research fellow Chrystia Freeland was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada. Iran Project associate Hussein Kalout was tapped as Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs for Brazil. They join a long list of Center alumni notable for their service in high levels of government, international and regional organizations, and academia who are serving the interests of their nations and people in tackling the world’s most critical challenges. Here we list just a few. We thank them all for their service.

Chrystia Freeland, Canada 

• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Belfer Center’s International Security Program 1999–2001

Hussein Kalout, Brazil 

• Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs
• Belfer Center’s Iran Project 2016–2017

Fiona Adamson, United Kingdom 

• Senior Lecturer in International Relations, SOAS, University of London
• International Security 2001–2002

Fen Hampson, Canada 

• Distinguished Fellow; Director, Global Security & Politics Program at CIGI; Co-director, Global Commission on Internet Governance
• International Security 1980–1986

Omar McDoom, United Kingdom 

• Assistant Professor in Comparative Economics, London School of Economics
• International Security / Intrastate Conflict 2004–2008

Alexei Arbatov, Russia 

• Head, Center for International Security, Institute of Primakov National Research Institute
• Belfer Center Visiting Fellow 1996–1997

Frauke Hoss, European Union

• Policy Officer, European Commission Environment Directorate-General
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy / Cyber Project 2014–2016

Assaf Moghadam, Israel 

• Director of Academic Affairs, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Interdisciplinary Center
• International Security 2004–2010

Kayhan Barzegar, Iran 

• Director, Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies, Tehran
• Managing the Atom / International Security 2007–2011

Erin Jenne, Hungary 

• Professor, Department of International Relations, Central European University, Budapest
• International Security / Intrastate Conflict 2000–2002

David Nusbaum, Israel 

• Deputy Director of Policy, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission
• Managing the Atom / International Security 2011–2016

Trevor Findlay, United Nations 

• Chair, UN SecGen Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and UN Institute for Disarmament Research Trustees
• Associate, Managing the Atom (current)

Mustafa Kibaroglu, Turkey 

• Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations, MEF University Istanbul
• Managing the Atom / Science, Technology, and Public Policy / International Security 2004–2005

Kalman Robertson, Japan 

• Researcher and instructor, Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
• Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow; International Security / Managing the Atom 2015–2016