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"The main thing, of course, is constant work, and in two directions. On the one hand, you need to constantly hone the skills that you have, especially in our specialty. You should never forget that if you know a language, it will always be at a high level. It needs to be constantly refreshed. This is on the one hand. On the other hand, you need to learn something new all the time. I'm used to the fact that you need to continuously immerse yourself in new things, new topics, new activities. This applies to both research and practical work. The Arab East and the Middle East provide a very wide field of action for self-realization, there is always an opportunity to learn something new, so human life is not enough for this. You need to leave a memory of yourself in the profession. Getting new knowledge, mastering something is very interesting and gives an incentive to life, without which it becomes boring," - Vitaliy Naumkin, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
While most of the countries remain concentrated on the Ukrainian crisis, there is a possibility of another crisis at the different edge of Eurasia. The potential troublemaker is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and its nuclear missile program, which has somewhat revived in recent times.
Negotiations to return to Iranian nuclear deal in recent weeks have noticeably stalled. The main reason for this is the discrepancy between the positions of Tehran and Washington on the status of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is extremely important for Iran both from a military and economic point of view. On this background, external players interested in the restoration of the deal became more active. First of all, this concerns the monarchies of the Persian Gulf.
The military situation in Europe against the backdrop of the ongoing Russian special operation in Ukraine remains tense. On May 1, joint exercises Defender Europe and Swift Response began in Poland and eight other NATO countries. These exercises said to be last until May 26. Up to 18 thousand servicemen from the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and other countries will take part in them.
International School on Global Security 2015 Program
Sunday, August 30
* Arrival of participants, hotel check-in, registration
* Opening Ceremony
Monday, August 31
* Introduction of participants
* Russia’s political priorities in international security
* International WMD nonproliferation regimes and the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
* The situation in the Middle East – mythic and real threats, risks and opportunities for the CIS
* What is BRICS capable of? New five-year plans and its realisation perspective
* Seminar on readings
Tuesday, September 1
* The Iranian nuclear issue and nonproliferation problems in the Middle East
* Situation in Afghanistan influence on the security and development of Central Asia states. Eurasian integration potential in solving regional problems
* Roundtable. Background and future architecture of pan-European security
Wednesday, September 2
* Current issues in arms control
* World nuclear energy development trends and international nuclear nonproliferation regime
* Can ISIS obtain an A-bomb? Current status of nuclear security
* IAEA and other international mechanisms in regional nonproliferation and nuclear security problem-solving – background, potential, problems and prospects
* Seminar. Current issues of nonproliferation and nuclear security
Thursday, September 3
* Roundtable. International security cooperation perspective across Eurasia in the context of new global problems and challenges
* Seminar. “The situation in neighboring regions and security in the post-Soviet space”
* Russia in the international field – what and why has changed in the last year, what to happen next year
Friday, September 4
* ICT: a revolutionary factor in the international security and global development
* Privacy and security in the cyberspace: from Snowden’s revelations to the “internet of everything”
* Cyber-weapons and cyber-attacks: modern digital threats pattern
* Roundtable. Cyberspace international laws: problems and application prospects
* Current and future issues of the internet governance
Saturday, September 5
* Debate “Will the world be safer without nuclear weapons?”
* Visit to the Federal State Cultural Establishment Artistic and Literary Museum Abramtsevo
* Does the Moscow Consensus have a chance – the Russian outlook in the new international context
* Closing Ceremony. Certificates of completion award ceremony
Sunday, September 6
* Guided tour. Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Russian history and culture
* Departure