On Wednesday, 24 November, an agreement was announced between the three German parties to form a new coalition government. It included the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democrats, whereby the coalition was called a “traffic light”. At the same time, it was announced that Germany will remain part of NATO’s nuclear sharing agreement - a strategy for the joint use of NATO's nuclear arsenal.
PIR PRESS NEWS
26.11.2021
25.11.2021
On November 15, 2021, PIR Center held the III International Timerbaev Nuclear Debates. This year, students and young specialists in the field of nuclear nonproliferation and global security from Russia and foreign countries took part in the event. The teams of debaters were represented by such Russian and foreign universities and organizations as MGIMO Russia, MEPhI, Ural Federal University (UrFU), PIR Center, as well as MIIS and CTBTO Youth Group.
23.11.2021
The "Chinese factor" is playing an increasingly important role in ensuring regional and international security. At the moment, there are no reasonable arguments in favor of China's participation in arms control on an equal footing with Russia and the United States, but there is a tendency to correct this bias on the part of China. In terms of its influence on strategic stability, China can no longer be put on the same level as France or the UK. By modernizing and increasing the military budget, the PRC demonstrates its readiness to become a full-fledged "military superpower", including in the field of rocket science and advanced technologies. This paper analyzes the Chinese arsenal of strategic non-nuclear weapons (SNNW) in the Asia-Pacific region (APR).
Russia Confidential: archive
2018
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2018 Andrey Baklitskiy reports from Moscow: The JCPOA is not dead yet
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2018 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Moscow: Afghanistan: an impasse for generals, a chance for diplomats
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2018 Oleg Demidov, Margarita Angmar report from Moscow: America's New Cyber Strategy: Outlook for Russian-US Relations in Cyberspace
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2018 Andrey Baklitskiy reports from Moscow: Can Putin-Trump Summit Fix Russian-US Arms Control?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2018 Elena Chernenko, Oleg Demidov report from Moscow: Cyberspace: Considering the Prospects for Cooperation After the US-Russian Summit in Helsinki
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2018 Andrey Baklitskiy reports from Moscow: What future for the JCPOA
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2018 Andrey Baklitskiy reports from Moscow: The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review and Russia's Position. Express Analysis
2017
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2017 Hans Blix reports from Moscow: How to Deal with Imminent Threats around North Korea, JCPOA for Iran and Arms Control Deadlock
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2017 Anastasia Ponamareva, Sergay Ponamarev report from Moscow: Moscow and "Persian-Ottoman Knot"
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2017 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Moscow: Safety Switch for a Robot: the Debate on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2017 Evgeny Buzhinskiy reports from Moscow: How to Approach a Re-Launch of Arms Control in Europe
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2017 Yulia Sveshnikova reports from Kuala Lumpur: The Crossroads of Interests in the Qatar Crisis
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2017 Russia Confidential reports from Moscow: International Security Today: With Russia, Without, or Against It? (based on materials of the VI Moscow International Security Conference organized by the Russian MoD) (CONTINUED)
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2017 Russia Confidential reports from Moscow: International Security Today: With Russia, Without, or Against It? (based on materials of the VI Moscow International Security Conference organized by the Russian MoD)
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2017 Vladimir Khrustalev reports from Vladivostok: North Korea’s Nuclear Missile Problem: What Is To Be Done?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2017 Alexandr Kolbin reports from London: How Open Source Intelligence Narrows Down the Opportunities for Dialogue on the INF Treaty
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2017 Aleksandr Vorontsov reports from Moscow: Situation on the Korean Peninsula: Opportunities for New U.S. Administration and Russian Interests (written in the wake of contacts with North Korean experts)
2016
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N12/2016 Oleg Demidov reports from Moscow: Cyber Attackers Knocking on Nuclear Door in Civil Realm: Russian View on How to Mitigate the Threat
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N11/2016 PIR Center's experts report from Moscow: What Russia and the World Should Expect from the Trump Presidency: Projections on the Future of U.S. Policy in Four Areas
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2016 Vladimir Orlov reports from Geneva: Trump, Russia and a Narrow Window of Opportunity
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2016 Russia Confidential editors report from Moscow: New Agenda for the 21st Century: New Technologies and Global Security Challenges (A review of the international conference “Emerging Technologies and Global Security: An Agenda for the 21st Century”)
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2016 Mikhail Lysenko reports from Moscow: Suspension and termination of Russian-U.S. nuclear cooperation agreements: implications for Russia, the United States, and global security
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2016 Alexey Lukatsky reports from Moscow: Accusation of cyberatacks: the facts to keep in mind
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2016 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Moscow: Military Robotics in the United States, China and Russia: Start of Undeclared Competition
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2016 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow: The Future on Dialogue on BMD, INF Forces and Conventional Forces in Europe in the Light of Warsaw NATO Summit Results
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2016 Russia Confidential reports from Moscow: Russia and the World Opposing New Threats (based on materials from the V Moscow Conference on International Security
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2016 Evgeny Buzhinskiy reports from Moscow: (Ur)Realistic Threats? DPRK's And Iran's Missile Programs
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2016 PIR Center reports from Moscow: Strengthening the Nuclear non-Proliferation Regime in 2016-2020: View from Russia
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2016 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Moscow: The Enemy of My Enemy: Moscow in Search of New Allies
2015
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N12/2015 Mikhail Mostovjuk reports from Moscow: Quasi State and Its Non-Quasi Budget: Islamic State Financial Sources, Russian Countermeasures and Initiatives
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N11/2015 Dmitry Evstafiev reports from Moscow: Confrontation of External Forces in Syrian Conflict: challenges of "Transition" and the Role of Russia
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2015 Oleg Demidov reports from Moscow: Responsibility of States for Wrongful Acts in Cyberspace: Discussion in the World and in Russia
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2015 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow, Oleg Shakirov reports from Vienna: Security Architecture in Europe in Today's New Geopolitical Environment
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2015 Svetlana Klyuchanskaya reports from Novosibirsk: Russia, EEU, and ASEAN: From Bilateral Ties to Inter-regional Cooperation?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2015 Vladimir Orlov reports from New York: 2015 NPT Review Conference in the Eyes of a Russian Participant
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2015 Jacob Coakwell and Oleg Demidov report from Moscow: Crypto Currencies: Security Issues and Regulative Approaches in Russia and Abroad
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2015 Russia Confidential reports from Moscow: International Security Today: a View from Moscow and Abroad (Report based on materials of the IV Moscow International Security Conference held under the auspices of the Russian MoD)
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2015 PIR-Center and Strategic Studies Network report from Antalya: On the Way to a Comprehensive Agreement on Iranian Nuclear Issue: Chances and Risks, Global and Regional Solutions
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2015 Ivan Safranchuk reports from Moscow: U.S. Strategy for Central Asia under President Barack Obama - View from Russia
RUSSIA COFIDENTIAL N2/2015 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow: The Role of the OSCE in International Security: Opportunities Not Exhausted
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2015 Yuri Fedorov reports from Prague: Russia's Eastward Pivot: Problems and Outlook
2014
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N12/2014 Andrey Shadurskiy reports from Saint Petersburg: The Shale Revolution and New Rules of the Game: Are Russia's Positions in European Energy Markets in Danger?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N11/2014 Irina Mironova reports from Moscow: Russia and Iran in the Global Gas Markets: Future Competition Inevitable?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2014 Yuri Fedorov reports from Prague: Energy Exports to East Asia as Part of Russia's Strategic Pivot to the East
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2014 Russia Confidential reports from Moscow: Arms Trade in New Realities: Crisis Around Ukraine, Western Sanctions, and the Russia Defense Industry
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2014 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow: Does the INF Treaty Have a Future?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2014 Vladimir Orlov reports from Moscow: 4+5+4: Global Trends, Today's Bizarre Geopolitics, and What It Means for Russia and the World
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2014 Russia Confidential reports from Moscow: Afghanistan after 2014: Russia's Concerns, Approaches, and Formats of Cooperation
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2014 Andrey Baklitskiy reports from Moscow: One Last Step to Reach the Deal: Russian-US Recomendations for the Comprehensive Agreement on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2014 Oleg Demidov reports from Moscow: BRICS in the Global Internet Governance Agenda: Time for a Step Forward?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2014 Vladimir Orlov reports from Moscow: Crimea Crisis: Assessing the Role of Security Assurances to Ukraine and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2014 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Moscow: The Terrorist International: Is There a Future for a Democratic Afghanistan?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2014 (Anniversary Issue) Russia Confidential editors report from Moscow: 20 Years of Timely Analisys and Accurate Forecasts
2013
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N12/2013 Aleksandr Chekov reports from Moscow: International Experience of Chemical Disarmament: Lessons for Syria
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N11/2013 Natalya Kalinina reports from Moscow: Russian Arms Supplies to Middle East
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2013 Oleg Demidov reports from Moscow: Edward Snowden's Ten Bombshells That Shook the World: How Russia and Its Partners Will Respond
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2013 Yuri Fedorov reports from Prague: State Armament Program 2020: Current State and Outlook
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2013 Yulia Sveshnikova, Amir Roknifard report from Kuala-Lumpur: The Iranian Elections Results: Change on the Horizon?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2013 Artem Blashchanitsa, Aleksandr Cheban and Aleksandr Plugarev report from Moscow: A War of Extermination: On the Likelihood of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Conflict
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2013 Oleg Demidov reports from Moscow: Cyberwarfare and Russian Style of Cyberdefense
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2013 PIR Center and its partners report from Venice: How To Reach an Agreement with Iran
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2013 Andrey Baklitsky reports from Moscow: Rosatom in the Middle East: Why Western Competitors Chances Are Slim?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2013 Vladimir Orlov and Aleksandr Cheban report from Moscow: What Should Replace the Nunn-Lugar Program from the Russian Point of View
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2013 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow: Is Prague Agenda Dead? - A View by a Russian General
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2013 Eldar Kasayev reports from Moscow: Qatar: Russia's Ambitious Competitor on the Gas Market
2012
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N12/2012 Steven Pifer reports from Washington: NATO-Russia Missile Defense: Compromise is Possible
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N11/2012 Arnaud Leclercq reports from Geneva: Russia's Eurasian Horizons
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2012 Andrey Baklitsky, Evgeny Buzhinsky, Pavel Luzin, Oleg Demidov report from Moscow: BRICS and High-Tech: Prospects for Cooperation and Russia's Interests
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2012 Oleg Demidov, Maxim Simonenko report from Moscow: Flame in Cyberspace
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2012 Anatoly Antonov reports from Moscow: Military Use of Space
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2012 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Moscow: Afghanistan-2014 and the Taliban with Its Head Held Proud but Low
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2012 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow: The Results of NATO’s Unremarkable Summit in Chicago
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2012 Evgeny Kanaev, Sergey Luzyanin, Dmitry Mosyakov, Viktor Sumsky, Vladimir Terekhov, Aleksey Voskresensky report from Moscow: Sino-American Rivalry in Asia: Conclusions for Russia
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2012 Julia Kryachkina, Irina Mironova report from Moscow: The APEC Summit in Vladivostok: What Russia Should Take into Account
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2012 Evgeny Buzhinsky reports from Moscow: On The Issue of Non-Strategic (Tactical) Nuclear Weapons
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2012 Vladimir Orlov reports from Brussels: What Iran Needs. What Russia Can Do
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2012 Evgeny Buzhinsky, Igor Zevelev report from Moscow: US-Russian Security Dialogue in 2012: Steps to Be Taken; Steps to Be Expected; and Steps Which Will Not Be Taken
2011
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N12/2011 Yuri Fedorov reports from Prague: Political Future for Uzbekistan
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N11/2011 Pavel Baev reports from Oslo: What to Expect from Putin’s Foreign Policy Version 4.0?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N10/2011 Oleg Demidov, Vladimir Orlov report from Moscow: Cyber Crime: a Threat to Information Security
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N9/2011 Yuri Fedorov reports from Prague: Struggle for Power, Kazakhstan Style
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N8/2011 Andrey Suzdaltsev reports from Moscow: Belarusian Political Class in a Crisis
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N7/2011 Yuri Fedorov reports from Prague: Kazakhstan: Looming Instability?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N6/2011 Artem Goncharuk reports from Nankin: China's Nuclear “Big Leap” and Russia’s Role
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N5/2011 Vladimir Orlov and Ivan Trushkin report from Gstaad: Recommendations of SUPR – Sustainable Partnership With Russia Group
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N4/2011 Anatoly Anin, Rodion Ayumov report from Moscow: Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty: What Is Russia Trying to Achieve?
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N3/2011 Anatoly Anin reports from Moscow: Strategic Instability
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N2/2011 Vladimir Orlov and Ivan Trushkin report from Moscow: The Iranian Nuclear Program: Dilemmas Facing Russia
RUSSIA CONFIDENTIAL N1/2011 Vadim Kozyulin reports from Islamabad, Galiya Ibragimova reports from Tashkent: Afghanistan: What to Expect, and What Does It Mean for Russia?