Selim Can Sazak

Sazak received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Turkey's Bilkent University in 2011 and will begin graduate studies in the United States as a Fulbright scholar in 2013. As an analyst on international security affairs, he has written articles and performed research for media outlets. He is now working on a historical project involving the Turkish Peace Association, an antiwar nongovernmental organization. He is active in the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and is a Global Zero Student Leader.

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Articles by Selim Can Sazak

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
3 January 2013
Middle East

Remember our humanity, forget the rest

Selim Can Sazak

In her third Roundtable essay, Maryam Javan Shahraki continued to defend Iran's nuclear program against my criticisms of it. I consider her characterization of Iran's nuclear program thin on facts, and I must respectfully disagree with it.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
6 December 2012
Middle East

Where the buck stops

Selim Can Sazak

In her second Roundtable essay, Maryam Javan Shahraki leveled some strong criticism against the ideas I expressed in my first essay. At the same time, she portrayed Iran's nuclear intentions as unambiguously peaceful. Her arguments, upon close examination, fail the test of reality.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
21 November 2012

The resilient nonproliferation regime

Selim Can Sazak

It has often been argued that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has failed, is failing, or is destined to fail.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
20 November 2012

Millennials on the next nuclear generation

Maryam Javan ShahrakiSelim Can SazakBeenish Pervaiz

In the 42 years since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) came into force, much has changed in the world -- the Cold War has ended, the global number of nuclear weapons has decreased, yet the number of nuclear-armed states has increased.