The year 2012 marks the ten-year anniversary of UN General Assembly resolution 57/60 and the UN Secretary General's report on disarmament and non-proliferation education. At the very beginning of the 21st century, it became clear that a new wave of interest in atomic energy, dubbed the "nuclear rena...
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The spring of 2008 was a time of growing tensions and the emergence of new negative factors. All this resulted in the decrease of the index. Members of the PIR Center International Expert Group Marian Abisheva, Fulvio Attina, Dayan Jayatilleka, Konstantin Eggert, William Potter, Abdulaziz Sager, and...
Growing food prices, the risk of starvation for millions of people and dramatic consequences of natural disasters in Myanmar and China added to political problems and resulted in further decline of the index. Members of the International Expert Group – Konstantin Eggert, Dayan Jayatilleka, Andrey Ko...
The world becomes more unstable and this is reflected in the decline of the index. Moreover, during the annual review of its basic value, the experts agreed to make it lower as the planet becomes a less secure place to live. Members of the International Expert Group – Konstantin Eggert, Dayan Jayati...
The uncertainty of global economic crisis combined with rising tensions in different parts of the world does not contribute much to the rise of the index. Members of the International Expert Group – Marian Abisheva, Konstantin Eggert, Dayan Jayatilleka, Abdulaziz Sager, and Yevgeny Satanovsky – comm...
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22.05.2013
PIR Center announces participants of the 2013 International Summer School on Global Security.
16.05.2013
“The exchange of letters between presidents is an important step, but merely the first one on the path to normalize relations. The exchange must be followed up by practical measures. At a minimum, we must go beyond state documents and give a green light to activate contacts on all levels. This will make it possible for concrete, effective joint projects to crystallize,” – PIR Center Vice President Dmitry Polikanov
06.05.2013
“The PIR Center turned 19 on April 30th, and I would like to take this occasion to congratulate all of you. For nearly two decades, our organization has presented itself as a new type of research organization and think-tank, where we prepare a unique combination of ideas on key international security issues," - Vladimir Orlov, PIR Center President.
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Expert
Name:
Zulkharneev, Albert F.
City:
Moscow
Position:
PIR Center Executive Director, PIR Center Education and Training Program Director
Expertise:
Central Asia
Ukraine
Water and energy security
Biography :
Graduated with a Masters degree from the Ural State University, International Relations Department. In 2007 received a Master degree in history from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary). In 2003-2005 participated in international courses of Farsi language and literature. In fall 2004, participated in PIR Center lecture course on "Nuclear nonproliferation: International Legal, political and economic aspects," organized within the framework of the Ural State University. Completed an internship at PIR Center in 2007. 02/13
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The spring of 2008 was a time of growing tensions and the emergence of new negative factors. All this resulted in the decrease of the index. Members of the PIR Center International Expert Group Marian Abisheva, Fulvio Attina, Dayan Jayatilleka, Konstantin Eggert, William Potter, Abdulaziz Sager, and...
Growing food prices, the risk of starvation for millions of people and dramatic consequences of natural disasters in Myanmar and China added to political problems and resulted in further decline of the index. Members of the International Expert Group – Konstantin Eggert, Dayan Jayatilleka, Andrey Ko...