Sustainable Partnership with Russia (SuPR) Group materials

On April 8, 2010, the day when the New START Treaty was signed, PIR Center in collaboration with the Ploughshares Fund established the Sustainable Partnership with Russia (SuPR) Group. The SuPR Group’s main objective was to support continuing and long-lasting success in the efforts by the Russian Federation and the United States to work as partners on two of the most important issues on the global security agenda: nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament. All members of the SuPR Group were leading experts on U.S.-Russian relations, nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. The Group also included one media representative from each side to make its work transparent for the public in both countries.

The Group met on February 2-3, 2011 in Gstaad, Switzerland, and on December 6-7, 2011 in Washington D.C. and produced a number of analytical materials.

SuPR group implemented its goals and was dissolved in July of 2014. Below are the materials produced by the group:

Policy Memos of Washington Meeting

• Evgeny Buzhinskiy – What Should be Changed in Bilateral Military-political Dialogue in 2012 to Achieve More Transparency
• Michael Elleman – Next Steps in the U.S.-Russia Arms Control Dialogue: Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Flight-Test Ban in the Middle East
• David Holloway – Strategic Stability and U.S.-Russian Relations
• Vladimir Kuchinov – Practically Implementing 123 Agreement Between Russia and the US in 2012 What are Political and Economic Dividends (if any)
• Vladimir Orlov – 2012 Conference on the WMD-Free Zone on the Middle East: How Russia and United States Should Work Together
• Steven Pifer – “Reset” in the US-Russian Relations and Missile Defence
• Igor Zevelev – Approaching Election Year How to Muddle Through
• Mikhail Yakushev – International Information Security and Global Internet Governance in US-Russian Relations Expert’s View

Policy Memos of Gstaad Meeting

• Amb. Martin – The NPT on Dawn of a New Review Cycle – Out To Move Forward In Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, a View from Switzerland 
• Prof. Evgeny Y. Satanovskiy – Non-Proliferation Regime and Nuclear Problems of Greater Middle East
• Amb. Mikhail N. Lysenko – The Middle East and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
• Prof. Yury E. Fedorov – The US–Russia Nuclear Arms Control Gloomy Prospects
• Dr. Igor A. Zevelev – Sustainable Partnership with Russia
• Ms. Sharon Squassoni – The Middle East and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
• Steven Pifer – Next Steps in U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Reductions
• Dr. Vladimir A. Orlov – Next Steps for Russia and the United States on Nuclear Disarmament
• David E. Hoffman – Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence
• Dr. Leonid E. Gankin – Media and Relations Between Russia and the United States
• Joseph Cirincione – 2011 Priorities of Us Non-Government Groups on Arms Control and Nuclear Disarmament
• Gen. Evgeny P. Buzhinskiy – Reduction of Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Non-Deployed Strategic Nuclear Weapons
• Anatoly Anin – Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons and Their Impact on Strategic Stability

Matrix

Matrix of SuPR Group Recommendations

Summary of the Gstaad meeting

SuPR Gstaad Meeting Summary

Recommendations

SuPR Gstaad Meeting Recommendations (in Russian)