PIR-Post № 12 (34), 2025. Donald Trump Rocks the Boat by Endorsing South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Program: Experts Assess Regional Security Implications

№ 42 (100), 2025. PIR Center Publishes a New Occasional Paper of Security Index on the Sahel Region: Political Transformation, Security Dynamics and Opportunities for Russia

Seminar on the topic “The Impact of International Factors on the Development of Iran’s Nuclear Program and Tehran’s Strategic Decisions”

№ 13 (24), 2025. From the NPT to Outer Space: How Russia Sees the Future of Arms Control

Yaderny Kontrol (Nuclear Control) E-Bulletin. №4 (543). November, 2025

PIR-Post № 11 (33), 2025. Militarist Idyll: The Results of the Latest Bundeswehr Conference

№ 40 (98), 2025. PIR Center hosted IX Timerbaev Debates on “Is the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Use in the Next Decade Real?”

№ 12 (23), 2025. “Trump Needs Dividends.” Dr. Ivan Safranchuk on the State and Prospects of the Russia-US Dialogue

№ 39 (97), 2025. Main directions of PIR Center’s activities in 2026-2027 were approved at the annual meeting of PIR Center Executive Board

№ 11 (21), 2025. Zaporozhskaya NPP: between guarantees and reality: an interview with Mikhail Lysenko by Sergey Shahinov

№ 38 (96), 2025. PIR Center hosted a seminar titled “Russia and Mongolia: Eternal Neighbors and New Partners”

Hot Topic № 13 (24), 2025. Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a Foreign Policy Priority for Russia

№ 37 (95), 2025. PIR Center Report Series: “Beyond the Bilateral: Retrospective Analysis of the issue of British and French Nuclear Arsenals Offset in US-Russian Strategic Stability Dialogue”

№ 36 (94), 2025. PIR Center hosted a seminar titled “Uranium Competition in the Sahel: Current State, Prospects, and Recommendations for Russia”

PIR-Post № 10 (32), 2025. Reinforcing the Guardrails Against Catastrophe and Advancing Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy in a New Era of Strategic Rivalry

№ 5 (7), 2025. The AUKUS Submarine Agreement and Russia’s Security Concerns

Yaderny Kontrol (Nuclear Control) E-Bulletin. №3 (542). August-October, 2025

№ 4 (6), 2025. US Strikes on Iran: Timeline and OSINT Damage Assessment

PIR Post № 7 (29), 2025. JCPOA at a Deadlock: Disputes Over the Snapback Mechanism and the Future of UNSCR 2231

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№ 29 (87), 2025. PIR Center recalls memorable moments from the history of dual-degree MA program “Global Security, Nuclear Policy, and WMD Nonproliferation”

№ 28 (86), 2025. PIR Center invites members of PIR Alumni Community to join Trialogue Club International

№ 24 (82), 2025. The seventh cohort of students graduated from the International Dual Degree MA Program “Global Security, Nuclear Policy, and WMD Nonproliferation”

№ 23 (81), 2025. PIR Center introduces a new section on the website “Experts on the Prospects of the NPT 2026 Review Conference”

№ 21 (79), 2025. PIR Center introduces a new section on the website “Experts on Indefinite Extension of the NPT”

№ 20 (78), 2025. PIR Center introduces a new section on the website “Postcards from our Alumni”

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

October 27, 2025

Statement at a meeting with students of the “International Security” master’s program and graduates of the dual degree international master’s program “Global Security, nuclear policy, and WMD nonproliferation. [...]

October 27, 2025
Hot Topic № 13 (24), 2025. Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a Foreign Policy Priority for Russia
Ryabkov, Sergey A.
November 19, 2025

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey A. Ryabkov met at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with first and second-year students of MA Program International Security (implemented by MGIMO University jointly with PIR Center), as well as graduates of its educational programs, staff members and interns of PIR Center. [...]

November 19, 2025
№ 13 (24), 2025. From the NPT to Outer Space: How Russia Sees the Future of Arms Control
Ryabkov, Sergey A.

Security index

November 13, 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.

November 13, 2024
№1 (45), 2025. The Sahel Region: Political Transformation, Security Dynamics and Opportunities for Russia
Zubenko, Alexandra S.
All posts
November 21, 2025

On his way to make «America Great Again», Donald Trump has made yet another step […]

November 21, 2025
PIR-Post № 12 (34), 2025. Donald Trump Rocks the Boat by Endorsing South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Program: Experts Assess Regional Security Implications
Kalinin, Roman R.
European Security
November 13, 2025

The issue of reforming German armed forces – the Bundeswehr – in the context of […]

November 13, 2025
PIR-Post № 11 (33), 2025. Militarist Idyll: The Results of the Latest Bundeswehr Conference
Subbotin, Ilya A.
Arms control
October 21, 2025

Eighty years into the nuclear weapons age, nuclear risks are growing once again. Human civilization […]

October 21, 2025
PIR-Post № 10 (32), 2025. Reinforcing the Guardrails Against Catastrophe and Advancing Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy in a New Era of Strategic Rivalry
Daryl G. Kimball

PIR Press News

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November 21, 2025

«The Sahel is experiencing not merely a change of external partners, but a profound political […]

November 21, 2025

№ 42 (100), 2025. PIR Center Publishes a New Occasional Paper of Security Index on the Sahel Region: Political Transformation, Security Dynamics and Opportunities for Russia

November 19, 2025

MOSCOW. NOVEMBER 19, 2025. PIR PRESS. «The issue of nuclear non-proliferation is one of our […]

November 19, 2025

№ 41 (99), 2025. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov met with students, alumni, and PIR Center’s stuff

November 10, 2025

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 10, 2025. PIR PRESS. «Timerbaev Debates are more than just an intellectual competition; […]

November 10, 2025

№ 40 (98), 2025. PIR Center hosted IX Timerbaev Debates on “Is the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Use in the Next Decade Real?”

November 1, 2025

MOSCOW. NOVEMBER 1, 2025. PIR PRESS. «A unanimous decision was made to adopt the organization’s […]

November 1, 2025

№ 39 (97), 2025. Main directions of PIR Center’s activities in 2026-2027 were approved at the annual meeting of PIR Center Executive Board

October 10, 2025

While Australian debate is focussed on how a future SSN capability as a component of a US-led coalition may be utilised to deter China, it is also relevant to assess its implications for the safety of the Russian Navy’s strategic deterrent posture in the Far East. [....]

October 10, 2025
The AUKUS Submarine Agreement and Russia’s Security Concerns
Ladanov, Vladimir A.
August 28, 2025

On July 4, 2025, the International Colloquium on the role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future international order was held in Hong Kong. The event, organized by the Asian Academy of International Law in partnership with the AAIL Foundation and the Chinese Society of International Law, gathered experts from 47 jurisdictions worldwide, with more than 250 participants in total. [...]

August 28, 2025
Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the Future International Order: Outcomes of the International Colloquium in Hong Kong – Report by Vadim Kozyulin from Hong Kong
Kozyulin, Vadim B.
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
August 29, 2025

(1) Reduction in the number of installed uranium enrichment centrifuges at the Natanz facility; (2) Limitation of uranium enrichment levels to 3.67% for 15 years; (3) Transfer of 97% of enriched uranium stockpiles out of the country or their dilution; (4) Iran’s renunciation of the development and use of civilian nuclear energy. [...]

August 29, 2025
Which of the following provisions is not part of Iran’s main obligations under the JCPOA (2015)?

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April 10, 2024

Online-course on nuclear nonproliferation and arms control

May 29, 2025

Today, we would like to recall the chapter written by Dr. Petr Topychkanov, Senior Researcher at the Center for International Security at the IMEMO RAS, Associate Senior Researcher at the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Program, entitled “Interaction on Nuclear Nonproliferation in South Asia”, which was first published in PIR Center’s collective monograph “Russia-U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Dialogue: Lessons Learned and Road Ahead” (2021). [...]

May 29, 2025
«Interaction on Nuclear Nonproliferation in South Asia» — from the chapter by Petr Topychkanov, first published in PIR Center’s collective monograph «Russia-U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Dialogue: Lessons Learned and Road Ahead», 2021
Topychkanov, Petr V.
July 23, 2025

“Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine” is a thorough study of one of the most significant events in the history of international security: Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament process in the 1990s. The work combines historical analysis with reflections on international institutions and geopolitical forecasting, making it a unique contribution to the study of nuclear nonproliferation [...]

July 23, 2025
Ukraine: The Long Road to the NPT
Shakhov, Yuriy 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

PIR Toast

November 1, 2025

On behalf of PIR Center, we would like to extend our heartfelt birthday greetings to […]

November 1, 2025

PIR Center congratulates friends and colleagues who celebrated their birthdays in September-October!

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