As one of its first security policy decisions, the Biden administration agreed to extend the New START Treaty for five years with no conditions. The New START Treaty represents one of the last remain
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The RF Government issues a decree to approve the "Guiding Principles of Plutonium Management".
24.01.1998
The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident enters into force for the USSR.
24.01.1987
The 39-member-state Disarmament Committee Meeting meets with France present for the first time.
24.01.1979
The adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution to create the UN Atomic Energy Commission.
24.01.1946
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10.01.2022
On January 3 this year, the nuclear-weapon states issued “The Joint P5 Statement on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races”. For the first time, the leaders of the “P5” jointly affirmed that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. This statement was scheduled to be presented in the margins of the NPT Review Conference, which was to be held in January of this year. Notwithstanding that the NPT RevCon was postponed, this statement saw the light.
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Expertise :- Political and military aspects of international security- Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons- Military cooperation- Russia-NATO relations- START Treaty- Missile Defense- Military Use of the Outer Space- European security
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- Affiliation : PIR Center
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Expertise :- Russia-NATO relations- Central Asia- Illegal arms traffic- Military-technical cooperation between Russia and other countries- Cyber security- Arms control
- Position : Consultant
- Affiliation : PIR Center
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Expertise :- Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons- Iranian nuclear program- Arms control
The aggravation of the situation around Ukraine and the expansion of NATO
Recently, the world’s attention has been increasingly focused on the situation in Ukraine. On January 21 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met in Geneva to discuss some issues including guaran...
JCPOA negotiations: latest news
On Friday, January 14, the delegations of the eighth round of JCPOA negotiations returned to the capitals for official consultations, while expert working groups continue discussing the issue. The American side is concerned that Iran's nuclear progre...
Experts discussed how the emergence of new nuclear states was prevented after the collapse of the Soviet Union at the PIR Center seminar
On December 23, 2021, the expert seminar on the topic “30 Years of Russian Nuclear Succession” was held by PIR Center under the “Nuclear Nonproliferation & Russia” program. Experts from the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United Stat...
The P5 process 2021-2022
PIR Center launched a special project to study the activities of "the P5 process" countries in 2021-2022. Within the framework of this project, we are interviewing various experts from the representatives of "the P5 process" to better understand t...
PIR PRESS NEWS
24.01.2022
Recently, the world’s attention has been increasingly focused on the situation in Ukraine. On January 21 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met in Geneva to discuss some issues including guarantees that Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO. The situation is reminiscent of the typical “military alarm”: the media increasingly report that Russia is drawing troops to the eastern border of Ukraine, arms supplies are actively being sent to Ukraine, and sanctions would be imposed on Russia if it unleashes war. There are also reports that the United States is beginning to evacuate its diplomats from Kyiv. At the same time, NATO promised to build up a group of its troops in Europe.
21.01.2022
Is our gender so important for professional development in the field of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament and can it become an obstacle in the 21st century? The goal of this research paper is to study the role of Russian women in the field of nonproliferation, disarmament and global security, the specifics of their situation and the main problems they face in their professional path. The author examines in detail the career path of Russian women in these areas, using the results of exclusive interviews and confidential surveys.
18.01.2022
The year 2022 has started with a full of events: a diplomatic marathon took place in the framework of Russia-USA and Russia-NATO. Increasingly, there are allegations in Western countries about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. In response to this, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov notes: "The number of scenarios of actions developed by the United States in the event of an alleged possible "invasion" of the Russian Federation into Ukraine raises suggestions that the special services, intelligence and the Foreign Ministry of the States have announced a competition for their creation."