Chronology

PIR PRESS NEWS
"Strategic stability, according to a basic understanding, means the relationship between Russia and the United States, when both sides have no incentives to launch a first nuclear strike. It was defined during the Cold War. Development of new arms technologies, including high‐precision non-nuclear, hypersonic weapons and space-based missile defense systems, makes an impact on strategic stability. A significant shift in balance of power between Russia and the United States can undermine stability, increasing the risk of nuclear conflict," - Consultant to PIR Center and Researcher of the Center for Global Trends and International Organizations of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrey Baklitskiy.
"US-Russia relations have not been at such a dangerously low level since the end of the cold war," - Cynthia Lazaroff, documentary filmmaker/producer, founder of US-Russian exchange initiatives, environmental activist and Bruce Allyn, Senior Fellow, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
“Although I try to remain optimistic about the possibility of Russian-American dialogue in preparation for and during the NPT 2020 Review Conference ... I am becoming more and more skeptical, even worried and disappointed with how events are developing. In such difficult times, it is especially important to generate constructive and positive ideas, and I look forward to welcome them from the young generation of experts”, – PIR Center Director Vladimir Orlov.
Participants
* Vardan K. ATOYAN – “Amberd” research centre, Armenian State University of Economics, Erevan, Armenia.
* Artem G. DANKOV - Associate professor of world politics department, State University of Tomsk, Tomsk, Russia.
* Elena V. EFANOVA - Associate professor of political science department, State University of Volgograd, Volgograd, Russia.
* Mahir A. HUMBATOV – Research fellow, Centre for strategic research under the President of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan.
* Galiya R. IBRAGIMOVA – Professor of State University of international trade and diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
* Nikolay V. KRASNITSKY – Project Manager, Centre of expertise and analysis, International Relations and World History Institute, State University of Nizhnij Novgorod, Nizhnij Novgorod, Russia.
* Nuriya A. KUTNAEVA – Inspector of Defense Council Secretariat, Kyrgyzstan President Administration, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
* Navruz Sh. MADIBRAGIMOV – Professor of the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
* Natalia V. MOCHU – Deputy head of laboratory of the analysis of the Research Institute of the Radio, Moscow, Russia.
* Suren R. OHANOV – Specialist on cybersecurity, Ministry of defense of Armenian Republic, Erevan, Armenia.
* Irina A. PECHERINA – Project director, Communication Agency “PBN Hill+Knowlton Strategies”, Moscow, Russia.
* Dmitry E. SMOLOKUROV - Specialist on cybersecurity of the NATO Information Office in Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
* Alexander V. TSARUK – Chief Adviser, Committee on Informatization and Information Technologies of Ukrainian Parliament, Kiev, Ukraine.
* Andrey A. VODOPYANOV – Head of the department “Special territorial direction of property relations”, Moscow, Russia.
* Polina A. YAKHINA – Master student, Department of theory and history of international relations, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia.