Origins of the notion
It should be underlined that the concept of “strategic stability” was born in the late 1980s in the context of START-I negotiations to serve as a foundation of deep strategic arms reductions. In this role, it was designed to replace an amorphous and subjective notion of “equal...
In the aftermath of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), its Chair Ambassador Adam Bugajski of the Republic of Poland gave an exclusive interview to the Yaderny Kontrol bulletin ...
Some time ago the U.S. administration, including their former President Barack Obama, has voiced more and more often the idea that it would be desirable to continue strategic offensive reductions. There are several reasons why the United States are so interested in intensifying nuclear arms reduct...
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
Recommendations
SuPR Gstaad Meeting Recommendations (in Russian)
