The Director of PIR Center’s Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation Program recounts the ups and downs of the 2015 NPT Review Conference. Differences over the establishment of a WMD-free zone in the Midd
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An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. At 8:15 a.m. the B-29 bomber Enola Gay drops a 14-kiloton, 2,227-kg atomic bomb named Little Boy on Hiroshima, resulting in over 200,000 deaths and about 160,000 injured.
16.08.1945
Germany successfully tests the Fau-2 (V-2) ballistic missile. It becomes the world’s first missile to break the speed of sound.
16.08.1942
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15.07.2018
Helsinki is a chance – not even for a breakthrough, but for some light at the end of the tunnel. It’s a chance to leave the ‘crisis management’ phase behind, a chance to start defusing the confrontation and mending fences. A chance to send a signal to the rest of the world. The world is waiting.
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Expertise :- Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons- Iranian nuclear program- Russian-US security relations- Foreign policy of the Russian Federation- Nuclear Weapons-Free-Zone in the Middle East- International security policy of the Russian Federation- Russian-European security relations- Russian foreign policy and the Middle East (including the Gulf region)- Nuclear nonproliferation in the Middle East- BRICS's perspectives on peace and security- Assessment of best international practices on fighting corruption- Building new European security architecture
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Expertise :- International legal regulation in cybersecurity area- Social media- Cyber security- National and international cyber strategies
- Position : Chairman of the Executive Board; Chairman of the "Trialogue" Club International
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Expertise :- Political and military aspects of international security- Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons- Military cooperation- Russia-NATO relations- START Treaty- Missile Defense- Military Use of the Outer Space- European security
500th Issue of Yaderny Kontrol Bulletin is Out, Dedicated to NPT's 50th Anniversary
This issue includes commentaries and blog entries by members of the PIR Center Advisory Board, U.S.-Russian working groups, young professionals and graduates of the PIR Center educational program
Russian-American Dialogue on Global Security
PIR Center continues to facilitate Russian-American dialogue on strategic security issues and NPT Review Process
Iranian Nuclear Program: Russia’s Interests
Iran in global and regional perspective, future of the JCPoA, Russian-Iranian cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy
Recommendations of the 2002 UN Study on Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation Education: Ideas for the next 10 years
Education in non-proliferation and disarmament sphere: PIR Center suggests a 10-year plan
Dual Degree Program in Nonproliferation Studies
Breakthrough in Nonproliferation Education: MGIMO, Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey and PIR Center have created a Dual Degree Master’s Program in Nonproliferation Studies. Student enrollment has already begun.
PIR PRESS NEWS
13.08.2018
Vyacheslav Zaytsev has turned 70. Congratulations to the most experienced PIR Center employee on his jubilee!
01.08.2018
“The NPT is the foundation of our life. It is the most important contemporary international treaty. There is just no treaty more important than the NPT. We must fight for this treaty at all costs; we are doomed without it. We must talk more about the NPT so that everybody knows about it,” – Ambassador Roland Timerbaev, PIR Center Advisory Board Member, one of the negotiators of the NPT.
15.07.2018
“А third party, be it a country or a non-state actor, can attack critical infrastructure of the US or Russia, making it look as if the aggressor was the other one, thus provoking war between them. In cyber space this is possible. Both the Russian and the US cyber doctrines allow them to react to major cyberattacks with all military means. Therefore, an effective direct communication and de-escalation channels between the two countries are a priority,” – Dr. Elena Chernenko, PIR Center Executive Board Member and Deputy Head of the Kommersant Newspaper Foreign Policy Department.
