Simon Saradzhyan

1 month ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Simon Saradzhyan

THE RUSSIA CONNECTIONWhy Was Russia Spared from Trump’s Tariffs? Published 8 April 2025Import tariffs, which President Donald Trump slapped on about 90 countries on 2 April, had some surprise omissions. One of them has turned out be Russia, which made many wonder why. Trump’s decision to spare Russia has not been lost on Russia’s ruling elite.

1 month ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Simon Saradzhyan

THE RUSSIA CONNECTIONWhy Was Russia Spared from Trump’s Tariffs?TaPublished 7 April 2025Import tariffs, which President Donald Trump slapped on about 90 countries on 2 April, had some surprise omissions. One of them has turned out be Russia, which made many wonder why. Trump’s decision to spare Russia has not been lost on Russia’s ruling elite.

1 month ago | belfercenter.org | Simon Saradzhyan

Blog Post from Russia Matters The container terminal at the Commercial Sea Port in the Pacific city of Vladivostok, east of Moscow, Russia, is seen on Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo) Import tariffs, which U.S. President Donald Trump slapped on about 90 countries on April 2 and which some of America’s previously friendly neighbors described as attempts to make their economies “collapse,” had some surprise omissions.

2 months ago | belfercenter.org | Barry R. Posen |Simon Saradzhyan |Ivan Arreguín-Toft |Angelina Flood

Online & In-Person Seminar Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students One of the main targets of Russian military assault on Ukraine has been its energy grid. This included massive consecutive missile and drone strikes against Ukraine’s energy transmission and generation infrastructure, cyberattacks, and the takeover and occupation of Ukraine’s (and Europe’s) largest nuclear power plant at Zaporizhia.

Jan 17, 2025 | belfercenter.org | Rabia Akhtar |Simon Saradzhyan |Mark Bell |Matthew Evangelista

Visiting Scholar in the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University and Associate Professor in the Department of Government & Politics at St. John's University, Dr. David Kearn urges President Trump to cancel the SLCM-N program. Kearn, David . “Memo to Trump: Cancel the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile.” January 17, 2025 Memo to Trump: Cancel the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile Want to read more? The full text of this publication is available in the link below.