PIR Center consultant Oleg Demidov describes the role of the Verisign corporation in the DNS root zone management, comments on the process U.S. Department of Trade’s withdrawal from direct contractual relationship with the technical management of the root zone, and looks at the potential impact of c...
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It should be underlined that the concept of “strategic stability” was born in the late 1980s in the context of START-I negotiations to serve as a foundation of deep strategic arms reductions. In this role, it was designed to replace an amorphous and subjective notion of “equal...
On July 16, 2018, President Putin and President Trump finally held their first summit in Helsinki. The summit did not yield specific agreements in arms control domain, which means the current problems will have to be addressed by next U.S.-Russia summit. Now there are only two major arms control ...
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The recent PIR Center report, “Iran in the Regional and Global Perspective” offers a fresh twist on advice for negotiators as they continue to work on an agreement. As a compilation of articles by experts who met in Bangkok and Moscow in 2014 to explore the prerequisites of longer term solutions for...
The book “The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy” by David Hoffman is a true documentary thriller focusing on the most difficult period of the 20th century. The international situation at that time is described as teetering on the brink of a nuclear world ...
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Operators of critical infrastructure (CI) all over the world are facing increasing cyber risks. The danger is coming not from accidental software and hardware failures or human factor as it used to be. The threat focus is shifting towards purposeful cyber-attacks on CI, conducted by skillful actors ...
During the election campaign, Donald Trump expressed interest in normalizing relations with Russia, so there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic today about the U.S.-Russian relationship and the wider international situation. Several important questions come to mind:
- Will the new U.S. leader att...
The dust is slowly settling after the announcement of the U.S. presidential election results – but the question of “Who is Mr. Trump?” remains open. The answer will determine the outlook for U.S.-Russian relations for years to come.
Vladimir Orlov, director of the Geneva-based Centre russe d’etudes ...
(A review of the international conference “Emerging Technologies and Global Security: An Agenda for the 21st Century”)
On September 29, 2016 Moscow hosted the international conference “Emerging Technologies and Global Security: An Agenda for the 21st Century”. The event was organized by PIR Center a...
In October 2016 Russia responded forcefully to recent U.S. policies, choosing a very sensitive area – nuclear security and nuclear energy cooperation – for that response. Moscow suspended the Plutonium Disposition Agreement and the 2006 and 2010 Protocols to that document. It also suspended the Nucl...
Over the past few months Russia has seen a growing tide of accusations of mounting cyberattacks against other countries. According to some U.S. politicians and media outlets, pro-Kremlin hackers are behind some of the most high-profile attacks, including the ones that targeted the Democratic Party, ...