The research is devoted to the study of developing nuclear energy by one of the key Middle Eastern countries. It is divided into three sections: the driving factors for Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear power and non-proliferation concerns; the review of the nuclear energy suppliers to the Middle East; the Saudi Arabia-Russia cooperation and its prospects.

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Working Group on the NPT Review Process: Materials
“U.S.-Russian Dialogue on the NPT Review Process:
Lessons Learned (1970-2017) and Steps Ahead (2018-2020)”
Working Group Third Meeting
December 8, 2017
Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Co-Chair of the Working Group, Founder & Special Advisor, PIR Center. Introductory Remarks: "The window of opportunity in US-Russian dialogue is closing very quickly"
Research papers
Hon. Lewis Dunn, Independent Consultant. "How the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Could Dramatically Erode – and Why the United States and Russia Should Cooperate to Prevent that Outcome, and How"
Mr. Aleksandr Kolbin, Consultant, PIR Center. "From Brezhnev to Putin: Dynamics of the Soviet / Russian Leadership Attitude towards Cooperation with the United States on Nuclear Non-Proliferation"
Amb. Yuri Nazarkin, Professor, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations; Member of Centre russe d’etudes politiques, Geneve. "US-Soviet Negotiations of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty: Experience of the Dialogue, Lessons Learned for Future Work, and Joint Approaches Towards Article VI of the NPT"
Ms. Daria Selezneva, Master's Degree Candidate, MGIMO-MIIS Dual Degree Program. "Soviet-US Negotiations on Articles I & II of the NPT with the Case Study of Multilateral Nuclear Force in Europe: History & Lessons Learned for NPT Review and the Issue of Nuclear Sharing"
Dr. Petr Topychkanov, Nonproliferation Program Fellow, Carnegie Moscow Center. "US-Soviet and US-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Nonproliferation in South Asia"
Working Group Second Meeting
December 11, 2016
PowerPoint Presentations
Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Co-Chair of the Working Group, Founder & Special Advisor, PIR Center. "Soviet/Russian – American Cooperation on Negotiating, Drafting (1966-1967), Signing (1968), and Indefinitely Extending (1995) of the NPT".
Mr. Adlan R. Margoev, Consultant, PIR Center. "U.S.-Russian Dialogue on Iranian Nuclear Program (1991-2015)".