№ 52, 2024. On the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of START I, PIR Center is pleased to announce the release of Ambassador Yuri Nazarkin’s memoirs, «On the START. On Africa. On Life: Memoirs of a Diplomat»

Security Index Yearbook 2024-2025 by PIR&MGIMO Vol.1 Digital Edition is available online on our website!

January 16, 2025

Amid the upcoming official visit of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Moscow, scheduled for January 17, we would like to recall the article by Mr. Adlan Margoev devoted to the strategic partnership between Russia and Iran. [...]

January 16, 2025
Long Time No Strategic Partnership: Sources of (In)Coherence between Russia and Iran
Margoev, Adlan R.
October 14, 2024

Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Founding Director of PIR Center, gave an interview to Lidovky discussing the changes in Russia’s nuclear doctrine, state’s nuclear policy, and relations with the West amidst the current geopolitical crisis. [...]

October 14, 2024
«The usage of nuclear weapons should not be turned into a spectacle. Russia, in the context of its conflict with the West, is lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. And this is not a bluff»: Interview with Vladimir Orlov for Lidovky
Orlov, Vladimir A.

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December 16, 2024

This occasional paper takes a look at the potential of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) states in the field of high technologies and the prospects for promoting Russia’s interests in this area.

December 16, 2024
№4 (44), 2024. Technological Renaissance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Russia
Tsukanov, Leonid V.
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December 5, 2024

On December 5, 1994, 30 years ago, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) between […]

December 5, 2024
PIR Post № 22, 2024. Three Years in the Making: Ambassador Yuri Nazarkin on the History of the START I Treaty
Nazarkin, Yuri K.
Africa
November 21, 2024

We are living in an era of multicrises, where challenges are interconnected, with their causes […]

November 21, 2024
PIR Post № 21, 2024. How Does Africa Approach International Security Issues? A View From Ethiopia
Endaylalu, Gashaw Ayferam
Africa
November 21, 2024

The key challenges faced by African countries, including Zambia, are regional instability, inadequate funding for […]

November 21, 2024
PIR Post № 20, 2024. How Does Africa Approach International Security Issues? A View From Zambia
Nyambe, Nalishebo

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December 28, 2024

PIR Center is on New Year & Russian Orthodox Christmas holidays until January 13

December 28, 2024

PIR Center is on New Year & Russian Orthodox Christmas holidays until January 13

December 28, 2024

MOSCOW, DECEMBER 28, 2024. PIR PRESS. The concluding seminar of the course “Current Issues in […]

December 28, 2024

№ 58, 2024. PIR Center concluded the course on Nuclear Nonproliferation and awarded the most active students with printed copies of Ambassador Yuri Nazarkin’s memoirs, «On the START. On Africa. On Life: Memoirs of a Diplomat»

December 28, 2024

The final seminar of the course “Current Issues in Nuclear Nonproliferation” was held as part […]

December 28, 2024

The top-performing students of the Nuclear Nonproliferation course, part of the master’s program in «International Security», implemented by PIR Center and MGIMO University, received printed copies of the Security Index Yearbook

December 23, 2024

December 23, 2024

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November 20, 2024

International law has always been the cornerstone of the co-existence of the diversity of actors in the global political arena. It aims to regulate the use of force, protect the sovereignty of nation-states, and prevent wars and armed conflicts. The United Nations (UN) Charter posits the critical elements of international security, focusing on so-called soft and hard security. [...]

November 20, 2024
Does International Law Keep Up with Technological Advancement? Reflecting on Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies, and the Legal Responses to Novel Challenges They Pose
Sorokin, Maksim A.
August 8, 2024

The Second Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 11th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference concluded in Geneva on August 2. It included the debates on the FMCT, the CTBT, the NWFZ, the provision of negative guarantees to non-nuclear-weapon states, the situation with ZNPP, and other topical issues. Alexandra Zubenko, an M.A. Candidate in the International Dual Degree M.A. Program “Global Security, Nuclear Policy, and WMD Nonproliferation” (MGIMO-MIIS-PIR Center), attended the Session. [...]

August 8, 2024
«On the outcomes of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee to the 11th NPT Review Conference» — Report by Alexandra Zubenko from Geneva
Zubenko, Alexandra S.
January 16, 2025

Since their coup against Yemen’s legitimate government in 2014, the Houthis have been a key instigator of a prolonged civil war that has now lasted more than a decade... [...]

January 16, 2025
The Houthi Threat to Regional Security: Lessons Learned from the Events of January 17
Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali
January 7, 2025

(1) Export of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with flight range of 300 kilometers or more and payload from 500 kilograms; (2) Export of scramjet technologies; (3) Technologies of dual-use referring to the missile equipment; (4) Guidelines of transfer of missile and missile technologies. [...]

January 7, 2025
Which of the following statements are not considered in the general provisions of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)?

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April 10, 2024

Online-course on nuclear nonproliferation and arms control

November 20, 2024

In light of the recent U.S. presidential elections, we are pleased to recall an article written by Dr. Alexander V. Vorontsov, Head of the Department for Korean and Mongolian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a PIR Center Advisory Board member since 2013. The article, titled “Situation on the Korean Peninsula: Opportunities for the New U.S. Administration and Russian Interests,” was first published in the “Russia Confidential” journal, 2017, No. 1 (241), Vol. 16. [...]

November 20, 2024
«Situation on the Korean Peninsula: Opportunities for New U.S. Administration and Russian Interests» — from an article by Dr. Alexander V. Vorontsov, published in the «Russia Confidential» journal in 2017
Vorontsov, Alexander V.
January 9, 2025

There is no doubt that previous approaches to determining various nuclear strategies in the era of nuclear arms control revival are becoming irrelevant... [...]

January 9, 2025
Is the Nuclear Win-Win Strategy Reconceptualization Coming Back on the Rails?
Astvatsaturov, Artem A.
August 2, 2024

Security Index Yearbook 2024-2025 Global Edition is a unique collection of analytical materials on the most burning issues of the global and regional agendas in times of growing international tension and Russian approaches to them. [...]

August 2, 2024
Security Index Yearbook 2024-2025 Global Edition

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January 14, 2025

Dear friends and colleagues! On behalf of PIR Center, we congratulate you on your birthday! […]

January 14, 2025

PIR Center congratulates friends and colleagues who celebrated their birthdays in November-December!

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