Amb. Roland Timerbaev – a luminary in the field of nonproliferation, an undisputed authority, a great teacher and mentor – has passed away.
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Summer School 2007 Agenda
Pokrovskoye (Moscow Region), July 1-14, 2007
Sunday, July 1
17.00 - Participants' arrival at Pokrovskoe
18.00 – 19.00 Participants' registration. Distribution of Summer School Materials. Discussion of administrative issues
Ekaterina Votanovskaya, Education Program Coordinator, PIR Center
19.30-21.30 - Reception
Monday, July 2
COURSE INTRODUCTION
09.00 – 10.15. New Challenges to Global Security
Nikolai N. Spassky, Deputy Head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency
10.30 – 11.45. International WMD Nonproliferation regimes: Challenges and Threats
Vladimir A. Orlov, Director, PIR Center
12.00 – 13.15. Nonproliferation Literature and Source Review. Search Engines and How to Find Reliable Materials in the Internet.
Vladimir A. Orlov, Director, PIR Center; Anton V. Khlopkov, Deputy Director, PIR Center
13.30 – 15.00. Lunch
15.15 – 16.30. Seminar on Readings
Vladimir A. Orlov, Director, PIR Center; Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, PIR Center Advisory Board Member
18.00. Dinner
WEEK 1. CHALLENGES TO THE NONPROLIFERATION REGIME
Tuesday, July 3
WMD and Means of Delivery Nonproliferation Regimes
09.00 – 10.15. Nonproliferation of Chemical Weapons. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
Natalia I. Kalinina, Deputy Head of the Russian Federation Accounts Chamber Inspectorate
10.30 – 11.45. Nonproliferation of Biological Weapons. The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
Vladimir C. Bundin, Senior Advisor, Security and Disarmament Department, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
13.30 – 15.00. Lunch
15.15 – 16.30. The Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)
Roland M. Timerbaev, Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board
18.00. Dinner
Wednesday, July 4
Non-Nuclear States Nonproliferation Commitments and the Problem of Regime Universality
09.00 – 10.15. Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
10.30 – 11.45. The North Korean Nuclear Program and Nonproliferation Problems in the Far East
Gennady M. Evstafiev, Senior Advisor, PIR Center
12.00 – 13.15. Round Table Discussion: “Solving the Iranian ‘Nuclear' Problem and the Evolution of Russian and American Policies”
Anton V. Khlopkov, Deputy Director, PIR Center
Cristina Chuen, Senior Research Associate, CNS, Monterey Institute of International Security; PIR Center Consultant
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch
15.15 – 16.30. Seminar “The Problem of Nonproliferation Regime Universality”
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO, PIR Center Advisory Board Member; Nikolai N. Sokov, Senior Research Associate, CNS , Monterey Institute of International Studies; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
18.00 - Dinner
Thursday, July 5
The Role of International Organizations and International Cooperation in Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime
09.00 – 10.15. The Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the Nonproliferation Regime. IAEA Safeguards
Roland M. Timerbaev, Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board
10.30 – 11.45. International and National Export Control Mechanisms for Nuclear Nonproliferation
Marina P. Belyaeva, Advisor, Federal Agency for Atomic Energy
12.00 – 13.15. Missile Technology Control Regime
Nikolai N. Sokov, Senior Research Associate, CNS, Monterey Institute of International Studies; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
13.30 – 15.00. Lunch
15.15 – 16.30 International Nonproliferation Cooperation Programs
Cristina Chuen, Senior Research Associate, CNS, Monterey Institute of International Security, PIR Center Consultant
16.45 – 18.00. Seminar: “National Export Control Systems at the Former Soviet Union Countries”
Nikolai N. Sokov, Senior Research Associate, CNS , Monterey Institute of International Studies, PIR Center Advisory Board Member
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO;, PIR Center Advisory Board Member
19.00-22.00 - Barbecue
Friday, July 6
Development of Atomic Energy and Prevention of Nuclear Technology Transfer
09.00 – 12.00. Excursion to the Russian Research Institute “Kurchatov Institute”
Nikolai N. Ponomarev-Stepnoi, Vice-President, Kurchatov Institute
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.15. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nonproliferation
Aleksandr B. Koldobsky, Deputy Dean of the Institute for International Relations, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI)
16.30 – 17.45. The Renaissance of Atomic Energy in the Context of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Alexey V. Ubeyev, Deputy Head of Foreign Relations Department, Atomstroyexport
19.00 - Reception
Saturday, July 7
Nuclear Disarmament: Bilateral and Multilateral Agenda
09.00 – 10.15. Nuclear Weapon States: Nuclear Programs, Military Doctrines, and Nonproliferation
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
10.30 – 11.45. New Trends in Nuclear Doctrines of the Nuclear Weapons States
Nikolai N. Sokov, Senior Research Associate, CNS , Monterey Institute of International Studies; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
12.00 – 13.15. Nuclear Arms Control: Bilateral Agreements
Nikolai N. Sokov, Senior Research Associate, CNS, Monterey Institute of International Studies; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
13.30 – 15.00. Lunch
15.15 – 16.30. Multilateral Disarmament: Problems and Prospects
Roland M. Timerbaev, Chairman of the PIR Center Executive Board
18.00 Dinner
Sunday, July 8
10.00 – 10.30. Testing Upon Completion of 1st Week
Anton V. Khlopkov, Deputy Director, PIR Center
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO, PIR Center Advisory Board Member
11.30 – 12.30. Review of Test Results
Anton V. Khlopkov, Deputy Director, PIR Center
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO; PIR Center Advisory Board Member
Ekaterina Votanovskaya, Education Program Coordinator, PIR Center
WEEK 2. NEW CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL SECURITY
Monday, July 9
Countering International Terrorism
09.00 – 11.45. Priorities of the Russian Foreign Policy
Vladimir A. Orlov, Director, PIR Center
12.00 – 13.15. Russian Counter-Terrorism Policy and Counter Extremism Activity
Yevgeny G. Nikitenko, Director of the Department for Analysis and Terrorist Threats and Conflict Prevention, Security Council of the Russian Federation
13.30-15.00. Lunch
15.15 – 16.30 Terrorism and Organized Crime
Ekaterina A. Stepanova, Head of the Group on Unconventional Threats to Security, Center for International Security Studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS
16.45-18.00. Seminar “National Legislation in the Field of Counter-Terrorism”
Vladimir A. Orlov, Director, PIR Center
Ekaterina A. Stepanova, Head of the Group on Unconventional Threats to Security, Center for International Security Studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS
18.15 Dinner
Tuesday, July 10
New Challenges to National and Global Security
09.00 – 10.15. Energy Resources and Problems of National Security
Tatyana A. Mitrova, Head of Center for the Study of the World Energy Market, Institute for Energy Research
10.30 – 11.45 Biotechnology and Ecology: Prospects and Challenges
Aleksandr G. Golikov, Expert, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
12.00 – 13.30. The Fight Against the Spread of Infectious Diseases: International Efforts
Vitaly V. Zverev, Director, Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Serums (MRIVS), Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
15.15 –16.30 Demographic and Migration Problems in National Security
Galina S. Vitkovskaya, Senior Research Associate, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Wednesday, July 11
09.00 – 10.15. The Internet, Information Technology and Global Security
Mikhail V. Yakushev, Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Russia/CIS
10.30 – 11.45. National and International Mechanisms for Prevention of Illegal Transfer of Conventional Weapons
Vadim B. Kozyulin, Director, PIR Center Special Projects
12.00 - 14.30 Excursion to the Military History Museum of Armored Vehicles and Armament of Ministry of Defense
19.00 - 21.00 - Barbecue
Thursday, July 12
Regional Security Problems
09.00 – 10.15. Central Asia: Security and Challenges
Gennady M. Evstafiev, Senior Advisor, PIR Center
10.30 – 11.45. Security Problems in the Middle East
Evgeny Y. Satanovsky, President, Institute for Middle East Studies
12.00 – 13.15. European Security
Konstantin P. Eggert, Bureau Chief, BBC Russian Service
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch
15.15 – 16.30. Security Challenges in the East Asia
Alexandr V. Vorontsov, Head of Korean Sector, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Friday, July 13
09.00 – 10.15. Seminar: “Effectiveness of the power regulation of crises in the current system of security”
Ildar A. Akhtamzyan, Associate Professor, MGIMO, PIR Center Advisory Board Member
Vladimir A. Orlov, Director, PIRCenter
10.30 - 11.45 Round Table: “The Role of NATO in the Security in XXI Century”
Konstantin P. Eggert, Bureau Chief, BBC Russian Service
Gennady M. Evstafiev, Senior Advisor, PIR Center
12.30 – 13.15 Testing Upon Completion of 2nd Week
13.30 – 14.15. Lunch
16.00 – 17.30. Russian Multilateral Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Alexander V. Yakovenko, Deputy Minister, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
18.00 Graduation Certificates Awarding
19.00-21.30 Reception
Saturday, July 14
10.00 Participants' depart from Pokrovskoe