As one of its first security policy decisions, the Biden administration agreed to extend the New START Treaty for five years with no conditions. The New START Treaty represents one of the last remain
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22.01.2021
Like it or not, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force today. It is the first treaty that comprehensively prohibits nuclear weapons. Critics of the ban treaty say that the TPNW “would neither make nuclear weapons illegal nor lead to the elimination of even a single nuclear weapon”, and they are right because the nuclear weapons ban campaign had a different goal. It is a norm change campaign that makes a crucial step towards the abandonment of the old norm of nuclear deterrence and the practice it supports.
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The Future of U.S.-Russian Arms Control: Principles of Engagement and New Approaches
This report was published following a series of joint seminars between the PIR Center and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS, USA) under the general title “Reducing Nuclear Risks in the Era of Great Power Rivalry
Nuclear energy in Saudi Arabia within Vision 2030 Program: Prospects for nuclear energy cooperation and nonproliferation risks
The Security Index Occasional Paper Series came out with the new report «Nuclear energy in Saudi Arabia within Vision 2030 Program: Prospects for nuclear energy cooperation and nonproliferation risks»
The fall semester for the 1st-year students of the International Dual Degree MA Program in Nonproliferation Studies is officially over. PIR Center is assessing the results
On January 27, 1st-year students of the International Dual Degree M.A. Program «WMD Nonproliferation Studies, Nuclear Policy, and Global Security» closed exam session in Russia.
The Security Index Occasional Paper Series came out with the new report “Future of arms control: views from the United States”
The Security Index Occasional Paper Series came out with two articles: “How to Multilateralize Arms Control” by Tom Countryman and “Challenges to Broadening the Scope of U.S.-Russian Arms Control” by Anya Fink.
Surviving in a Deregulated Strategic World
The Security Index Occasional Paper Series came out with a paper "Surviving in a Deregulated Strategic World" by Dmitri Trenin.
PIR PRESS NEWS
08.04.2021
The PIR Center team has completed the basic cycle of the work on the systematization and the inventory preparation of the Archive of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Roland M. Timerbaev. Being a source of experience and wisdom, the Archive was previously submitted to PIR Center by the son of a diplomat.
08.04.2021
"Somewhere in the bowels of the tenth house on Downing Street, a fundamental decision was made: British diplomacy has few problems in connection with the UK's exit from the EU – the British flag should be shown in all its glory and in military-strategic affairs. The UK felt that the chances of a successful NPT Review Conference were already too high and decided to tease the supporters of early nuclear disarmament by further increasing its nuclear arsenal. " About the announced increase in the United Kingdom's arsenal in the main note of the 531 issue of the bulletin Yaderny Kontrol.
02.04.2021
The article is devoted to the role of Congress in the development and adoption of policy decisions on arms control. The author analyzes the difference in the positions of the two parties on the issues of the New Start and the INF Treaty, noting that despite the inter-party contradictions, the tug-of-war with the president, and the limited influence of the Congress on the development of the foreign policy course, the Congress is able to slowly, but direct this course in the right direction with the help of existing levers of pressure.
