"The course is defined by its high-level orientation to applied questions on disarmament, nonproliferation, and security. The course content is filled to the maximum with the most current information. I would also mention the all-around presentation of materials – a combination of visual aids and lectures. The discussions also had great meaning. The students and experts came across as true professionals in their fields,” – Ivan Zolotukhin, Director of the principle educational program “International Relations

“The issues related to information technologies and their impact on social processes both in national politics and in the system of international peace and security never before were analyzed in such detailed and comprehensive way. The range of opinions and estimates is extremely wide ranging from a kind of ‘cyber optimism’ hailing information and communication technologies almost as a panacea to solve key problems accumulated in the economy and the social sphere, to a much more pessimistic view, predicting the imminent death of the internet as we  form we know it today and its fragmentation into national segments and transformation into merely state controlled media outlet", - Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board Mikhail Yakushev in his editorial in a thematic issue of Security Index journal. 

«Taking into consideration current peculiarities of Chinese architecture of the Global Net, the whole problematique of the Dubai conference could easily turn out to be irrelevant for Beijing. The country already copes with successful development of national internet segment without any influence by the ITU and with gradually decreasing impact by ICANN. Thus, it’s quite premature to regard China by default as a mighty ally of Russia when it comes to transforming the global architecture of the internet” – Michael Yakushev, Chair of PIR Center Executive Board.