CNS Staff: Sammy Salama
Email: ssalama[at]miis.edu
Sammy Salama is a senior Middle East Research Associate at CNS. Mr. Salama directs the research and analysis for the Nuclear Threat Initiative in-depth profiles of Middle Eastern nuclear and missile programs. His research focuses on the proliferation of nuclear and missile technology in the Middle East, including the nuclear and missile programs of Iran, Libya, and Syria. Mr. Salama's research also focuses on the various areas of terrorism including: terrorist methods and tactics; terrorism involving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons; including monitoring of Islamist terrorist websites and literature. As adjunct faculty at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Mr. Salama teaches courses on security, nonproliferation and militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East.
Salama received his Masters Degree in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where he specialized in nonproliferation. He did graduate work in Middle Eastern studies at the University of Washington.
Recent publications include:
- "From the Horse's Mouth: Unraveling Al-Qa`ida's Target Selection Calculus," Center for Nonproliferation Studies, April 17, 2007, http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/070417.htm.
- "The Emerging Arab Response to Iran's Unabated Nuclear Program," Nuclear Threat Initiative, December 22, 2006, http://www.nti.org/e_research/e3_83.html.
- "The Khan Network, Where is the Justice?" Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, November/December 2006.
- "Special Report: Manual for Producing Chemical Weapon to be Used in New York Subway Plot Available on Al-Qaeda Websites Since Late 2005," WMD Insights, July/August 2006 Issue, http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/other/salama_060720.htm.
- "Does Intent Equal Capability? Al-Qaeda and Weapons of Mass Destruction," Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 12, No. 3 (November 2005), http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/npr/vol12/123/123salama.pdf.
- "Companies Reported to Have Sold or Attempted to Sell Libya Gas Centrifuge Components," Nuclear Threat Initiative, March 2005, http://www.nti.org/e_research/e3_60a.html.
- "A Preemptive Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Possible Consequences," Special Report for the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, August 12, 2004, http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/040812.htm.