Shahriman Lockman

Shahriman is a senior analyst in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies Program at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Malaysia. His research interests include Asian military affairs and nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. He earned his master's degree in strategic affairs from the Australian National University and has served as a visiting fellow at the university's Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy.

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Articles by Shahriman Lockman

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
10 May 2012

Nuclear option: The developing world weighs energy needs and security risks

Gilberto M. JannuzziShahriman LockmanP. R. Kumaraswamy

Over 45 countries that do not use nuclear power today are seriously considering its adoption; of these, 37 are classified by the World Bank as developing nations.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
3 May 2012

Knowing how much to worry

Shahriman Lockman

In developing countries, the dangers of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism can often seem remote. In the developed world, these threats are seen as rather grave. Part of the reason that the two viewpoints are so incompatible is that proliferation risk is very difficult to assess.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
12 April 2012

An exaggerated risk, yet a real one

Shahriman Lockman

As more and more countries in the developing world consider adopting nuclear power, Western governments and the nonproliferation community all too often exaggerate the attendant risks of weapons proliferation.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
28 March 2012

Nuclear power's limited usefulness and limited proliferation risk

Shahriman Lockman

In some quarters the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has prompted a reconsideration of nuclear energy -- but in many developing nations with nuclear energy programs, the incident has had barely any effect.