"After the leaders of the United States and the DPRK failed to reach a compromise on further steps for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in Hanoi, the parties sent each other signals that in case of a complete failure of the negotiation process, they will be ready to continue on the previous course. At the same time, Pyongyang did not immediately start preparations for a full-scale missile test, and Washington decided to limit the scope of its exercises with South Korea. This means that both capitals are set to continue negotiations and expect that the other side will become more сoncessive," Adlan Margoev, Director of the PIR Center “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation” program.
PIR PRESS NEWS
11.03.2019
08.02.2019
“Vienna document is a good example of a politically binding agreement having a verification mechanism. This system works, however, as long as it is a multilateral arrangement reached within the framework of OSCE. Bilateral political documents concerning arms control function quite ineffectively”, – PIR Center Board Chairman Evgeny Buzhinskiy.
21.01.2019
“During your tenure, you took an active part in the discussions of the Board, formulating concrete recommendations on a number of important issues. I applaud your important contribution to the work of the Board,” — Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General.
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.