Alexander Golts

Golts is deputy editor-in-chief of the website ej.ru and a columnist for The Moscow Times. He has previously been deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Yezhenedelnyi Zhurnal, military editor for the newsmagazine Itogi, and a member of the editorial board of Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star). In 2002 and 2003, he was a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. His publications include Russia's Armed Forces: 11 Lost Years (Zaharov, 2004) and Militarism: The Main Obstacle to Russia's Modernization (Liberal'naya Missiya Foundation, 2005). In 1978 he received a master's degree in journalism from Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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Articles by Alexander Golts

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
8 February 2013
Europe/Russia

Nuclear weapons, national pride

Alexander Golts

This Roundtable has highlighted very clearly the biggest problem faced by many journalists who cover nuclear issues.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
10 January 2013
Europe/Russia

Secrecy, the last refuge

Alexander Golts

To speak frankly, when the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists invited me to participate along with colleagues from developing countries in a roundtable discussion on nuclear journalism, I had some reservations.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 December 2012

Nuclear journalism in the developing world

Alexander GoltsPramit Pal ChaudhuriDalia el-Akkad

Difficult subject matter. Classified information. Landmines of controversy. These problems are familiar to any journalist covering nuclear issues, even those who work under the best of circumstances.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 December 2012
Europe/Russia

Covering nuclear weapons where weapons are the state's main asset

Alexander Golts

The following anecdote illustrates the way in which Russian authorities respond to criticism of their nuclear policy.