Simon Henderson, Baker fellow and director of the Washington Institute's Gulf and Energy Policy Program, has been writing about Pakistan's nuclear program since being based in Islamabad for the BBC and the Financial Times in 1977-78.
On the thirteenth anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test, Simon Henderson wrote about the long-running dispute between controversial Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan and former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for Weekly Standard Online:
- The Problem with Pakistan's Military June 1, 2011
Information provided by Simon Henderson has formed the basis for this 2011 story in the New York Times:
- Letter Links Pakistan Officials to Nuclear Sales July 7, 2011
Information provided by Simon Henderson has formed the basis for these stories in the Washington Post:
- Pakistan’s nuclear-bomb maker says North Korea paid bribes for know-how July 6, 2011
- Pakistani scientist Khan describes Iranian efforts to buy nuclear bombs March 14, 2010
- Pakistani scientist depicts more advanced nuclear program in North Korea December 28, 2009
- A Nuclear Power's Act of Proliferation: Accounts by controversial nuclear scientist assert China gave Pakistan enough enriched uranium in '82 to make 2 bombs November 13, 2009
Simon Henderson earlier wrote two stories in the Sunday Times of London:
- Investigation: Nuclear Scandal - Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan September 20, 2009
- Pakistan's Dr Nuke bids for the presidency August 24, 2008
Washington Institute PolicyWatches relating to Pakistan written by Simon Henderson include:
- Dubai: On the Front Line of U.S. Iran Policy February 25, 2010
- Iran's Nuclear Program: Lessons from Pakistan July 30, 2009
- Pakistan on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policies May 4, 2009
- Atoms for What? The U.S.-UAE Nuclear Accord February 9, 2009
- Pakistan After Musharraf: Growing U.S. Challenges August 18, 2008
- Pakistan and the War on Terror November 5, 2007
- Assessing the Iranian Nuclear Threat with Reference to Pakistan's Experience May 8, 2006
Simon Henderson also spoke about Pakistan's nuclear program at a Washington Institute Policy Forum in advance of the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.:
Watch C-SPAN video of this event
Around the time that Dr Khan was arrested in early 2004, Simon Henderson wrote the following articles for National Review Online:
- Musharraf's Mess February 12, 2004
- Link Leaks January 19, 2004
- Nuclear Spinning: The Iran-Pakistan Link December 11, 2003