Chronology
PIR PRESS NEWS
“Autonomous systems are gradually displacing humans from the battlefield, and in many aspects, this can be a boon to the military, who are exposed to less risk. However, at the same time, humans transfer to artificial intelligence (AI) a part of their powers, and consequently a part of their responsibility. According to experts, neural networks will probably never learn to explain their decisions to humans. This can become a serious problem once AI is involved in such areas as intelligence, data analysis, communications and control, scenario development, and in the long run decision making.” – Director of PIR Center’s Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project Vadim Kozyulin.
“The latest prepcom has two main opposite results: in two weeks it was not possible to reach consensus among the NPT members and agree on the text of recommendations for the 2020 Review Conference, but it was decided to appoint Argentinean diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi as the Chair of the Review Conference – his formal appointment will take place at the end of 2019," Adlan Margoev, PIR Center “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation” Program Director.
On May 2, more than 40 friends and partners of the PIR Center gathered at the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN. Among them were heads and high representatives of delegations participating in the third session of the Preparatory Committee of the NPT Review Conference, the world's largest experts in the field of non-proliferation, graduates of PIR Center programs working in New York, young scientists and master students of double degree in the field of non-proliferation.
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.