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- Affiliation : Acad., Russian Academy of Sciences, Head, Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
- Affiliation : Lecturer, General Physics Department, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
PIR Center in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds the seminar on "The Future of Reductions in Nuclear Arsenals: is it Possible to Reduce the Role of Nuclear Weapons?" 20.09.2012
September 20, 2012
The key issues of the seminar:
- The dynamics of nuclear doctrines of nuclear-weapon-states;
- The impact of the non-nuclear factor (strategic conventional weapons) on the development of nuclear doctrines;
- Is it possible to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military doctrines of nuclear-weapon-states?
- Implementation of the disarmament action plan, adopted by the 2010 NPT Review Conference.
14.00-14.15
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- Dr. Vladimir A. ORLOV, President, PIR Center, Moscow, Russia
- H.E. Amb. Alexander KMENTT, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna, Austria
14.15-15.20
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MAIN SPEAKERS:
- Academician Alexey G. ARBATOV, Head of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow, Russia
- H.E. Amb. Alexander KMENTT, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna, Austria
- Evgeny Y. ILIN, Executive Deputy Chief of the Main Department for International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
- Andrey V. KUZNETSOV, Head of the Department for Military-Strategic Problems, Department for Security and Disarmament Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
- Evgeny V. SAVOSTYANOV, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Russian-American Convergence, Moscow, Russia
COMMENTS:
- Evgeny P. MASLIN, Colonel-General (ret.), Member of the PIR Center Executive Board, Moscow, Russia
- Alexander S. KOLBIN, “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation” Program Coordinator, Moscow, Russia
15.20-16.00
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16.00-16.30
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16.30-17.00
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MAIN SPEAKERS:
- Dr. Eugene V. MIASNIKOV, Director, the Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, Moscow, Russia
- Dr. Alexander V. RADCHUK, Advisor to the Chief of General Staff, Russian Armed Forces, Moscow, Russia
COMMENTS:
- Dr. Eugene P. BUZHINSKY, Lietenant-General (reserve), Senior Vice-President, PIR Center, Moscow, Russia
17.00-18.00
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18.00-18.30
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18.30-19.00
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Materials of the previous seminar took place within the frameworks of the "Ways Towards Nuclear Disarmament" Project on "Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: Ideas from Russia, Ideas for Russia" which took place in Vienna, Austria on May 8th 2012 are available here.