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PIR PRESS NEWS
Amb. Roland Timerbaev – a luminary in the field of nonproliferation, an undisputed authority, a great teacher and mentor – has passed away.
“Autonomous systems are gradually displacing humans from the battlefield, and in many aspects, this can be a boon to the military, who are exposed to less risk. However, at the same time, humans transfer to artificial intelligence (AI) a part of their powers, and consequently a part of their responsibility. According to experts, neural networks will probably never learn to explain their decisions to humans. This can become a serious problem once AI is involved in such areas as intelligence, data analysis, communications and control, scenario development, and in the long run decision making.” – Director of PIR Center’s Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project Vadim Kozyulin.
“The latest prepcom has two main opposite results: in two weeks it was not possible to reach consensus among the NPT members and agree on the text of recommendations for the 2020 Review Conference, but it was decided to appoint Argentinean diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi as the Chair of the Review Conference – his formal appointment will take place at the end of 2019," Adlan Margoev, PIR Center “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation” Program Director.
Global Partnership Against The Spread Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Guidebook) (2005)
PIR Center has published the English edition of its famous Global Partnership Guidebook.
"I am sure that PIR Guidebook «Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction» will become the book for all people involved in Global Partnership."
Sergey Antipov
Deputy Head of the Federal
Agency for Atomic Energy
"The PIR-Center Guidebook on Global Partnership is an excellent asset and is very useful for companies and business people dealing with the implementation of projects under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program."
Wayne Holcombe
CTR Program Manager
Washington Group International Inc
The Guidebook "Global Partnership Against The Spread Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction" is a unique publication. It provides lot of useful information on how does the machinery of Global Partnership function on political, business and technical level and focuses on achievements, problems and prospects of cooperation. The information is presented in user-friendly form with a lot of schemes, graphs, images and tables, which make both achievements and problems of Global Partnership visible.
The Guidebook can be useful for people involved in the GP programs: for diplomats, federal and regional officials, for political, scientific and business experts, as well as for journalists specialized on WMD issues.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FOREWORD |
5 |
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INTRODUCTION |
7 |
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Part 1. HISTORY OF THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE LEGACY OF THE COLD WAR The Nunn-Lugar ProgramLegal Framework for the Nunn-Lugar Program Funding for the Nunn-Lugar Program Other Cooperative Programs in the Nuclear Sector Global Partnership |
10 |
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Part 2. SPHERES OF COOPERATION Chemical Weapons EliminationNuclear Submarine Dismantlement The Secure Storage and Elimination of Nuclear Warheads, Materials, and Strategic Delivery Systems Physical Security and Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials 67 The Scale of the Problem International Cooperation in the Elimination of Weapons-Grade Nuclear Materials and Termination of Their Production Biosafety and Biosecurity The Employment of Weapons Scientists and Prevention of "Brain Drain" Export Control |
44 |
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Part 3. COOPERATION PROBLEMS The Liability IssueControl over Funding Expenditures The Access Issue The Taxation Issue The Future Expansion of the Global Partnership |
106 |
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Part 4. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEMBER COUNTRIES AustraliaBelgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark European Union Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Republic of Korea Russian Federation Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States |
111 |
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Part 5. PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION Fulfilling Political Promises to Fund Global PartnershipPrograms and Raising the Political Status of the Global Partnership Increasing Global Partnership Project Funding Concentrating on Priority Areas Possible New Areas of Cooperation and Expanding the Geographic Reach of the Global Partnership The Sustainability of the Global Partnership Increasing Russian Funding of the Global Partnership |
155 |
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Appendix 1. DOCUMENTS |
159 |
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Appendix 2. GLOSSARY |
161 |
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Abbreviations |
170 |
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List of Tables |
172 |
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List of Figures |
173 |
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Additional Items of Interest in the Guidbook |
174 |
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PIR Center – Basic Facts |
175 |