The XXIII International School on Global Security received grant support from the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund

October 19, 2023

MOSCOW. OCTOBER 19, 2023. PIR PRESS. “The PIR Center International School on Global Security has proven to be a prestigious and influential platform, with recognized experts and young professionals participating. The School allows its participants to communicate with peers and experts, exchange experiences, and broaden professional horizons. The program of the School is quite intensive and busy, similarly exciting; the knowledge one gains at the School helps to address better the whole spectrum of global security issues, arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament”, — Mr. Evgeny Zakharov, Second Secretary at the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, graduate of the XXII International School on Global Security, Moscow, Russia.

The PIR Center educational project XXIII International School on Global Security received grant support from the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.

This time, the PIR Center International School received information support from the following colleagues, friends, and partners:

  • Dr. Bakhtiyor Gafforov, Dean of the Department of History and International Relations at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University;
  • Dr. Andrei Ilnitsky, Adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation;
  • Ms. Tatiana Ivshina, Head of the Project Office for International Youth Cooperation Russia-BRICS;
  • Dr. Andrey Pavlov, Head of the Strategic Studies Master’s Program, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University;
  • Dr. Dmitry Polikanov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo;
  • H.E. Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;
  • Dr. Aman Saliev, Head of the Institute for Strategic Analysis and Forecasting at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University;
  • Ms. Lubov Soldatkina, Head of the ANO Art-Formula, Member of the Committee of the Russian State Council on Culture, Member of PIR Center Executive Board;
  • Mr. Mahazaka Sulufunantenaina, Vice-President of the Madagascar-Russia Brotherhood Association, Member of PIR Alumni Community;
  • Colonel Aleksandr Vengura, First Deputy Head of the International Military Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.

The XXIII International School on Global Security will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of PIR Center. The project will be launched in February 2024.

“The XXII International School on Global Security appeared to be a unique platform that gathered and united young minds from Russia and abroad. For one week, the best and most successful representatives from some essential areas worked closely with respected experts, government and public figures, specialists, and professors on a topical agenda. The International School on Global Security is very different from all other similar projects in its format and program aimed at forming a highly qualified expert community capable of generating essential and noteworthy ideas, offering solutions to chronic problems that undermine the fundamental pillars on which global security is based. I am convinced of the importance of the School for the organization to continue constructive work in its noble and responsible cause”, — Mr. Igor Bondar, Deputy Chairman of the NGO Priority, graduate of the XXII International School on Global Security, Kishinev, the Republic of Moldova.

“The School suits experienced professionals and students new to the field. International security is an immense space to study, and the School helps to make the first step on this path or fill in the gaps”, — Ms. Ekaterina Postnikova, Special Diplomatic Correspondent at RBC, graduate of the XXII International School on Global Security, Moscow, Russia.

We thank our friends, partners, and colleagues and look forward to meeting new participants at the upcoming International School on Global Security!

For all questions related to the International School on Global Security, please contact Ms. Elena Karnaukhova, Deputy Director – Education and Training Program Director, via email edu@pircenter.org.

Key words: Education; Global Security

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