PIR CENTER RESEARCH COUNCIL

The Research Council was formed in February 1998 to provide additional expertise for the PIR Center's studies and to raise the quality of the Center's published materials. It was also envisaged that the Research Council would hold formal discussions on the most pressing international security issues and discuss and evaluate the Center's ongoing and future research projects.

The Research Council consists of more than 50 Russian and foreign policymakers, scientists, and military officials who are professionally involved in international security matters, especially in the field of arms control.

The Research Council comprises three types of members: individual, associate (government officials), and corporate (research institutions and organizations). For example, the following are corporate members of the Research Council: the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), the Kurchatov Institute-Russian National Center, the Moscow State University for Foreign Relations, and the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI).

The topics of the Research Council meetings have included:

• "Assessing Assistance Programs to Russia to Reduce Proliferation" (February 1, 2002)
  Major-General Vladimir Frolov, 12 Main Directorate MOD of the Russian Federation;
  Dr. Natalya Kalinina;
  Petr Romashkin, the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
  

• "Northeast Asia: Security Issues and Russia's Interests" (December 21, 2001)
  Mikhail Nosov, First Deputy Director of the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies RAS;
  Vasily Micheev, Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies RAS;
  Alexander Nikitin, Director of the Center for Political and International Studies;
  Natalya Zubarevich, Assistant Professor, Moscow State University
  

• "Regional Aspects of Restructuring the Russian Nuclear Complex: Problems and Prospects" (September 20, 2001)
  Dmitry Evstafiev, PIR Senior Research Associate;
  Dmitry Kovchegin, PIR Junior Research Associate;
  Ivan Safranchuk, Director of the Moscow Office, Center for Defense Information
  

• "Security Issues in Northeast Asia and Developments on the Korean Peninsula" (July 3, 2001)
  Lee Jai-chun, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation
  

• "The Problems of Implementation of the US-Russian Plutonium Disposition and Management Agreement" (May 18, 2001)
  Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/NIS Programs of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
  

• "Representatives of Nuclear Threat Initiative foundation meet with the representatives of Russian NGOs and research institutions" (May 18, 2001)
  Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/NIS Programs of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
  Vladimir Orlov, Director of the PIR Center
  

• "Proliferation of Missiles and Missile Technologies: Threats to Russian Security" (April 16, 2001)
  Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director of the Acronym Institute
  Vitaly Lukyantsev, Senior Counselor of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs of the Russian MFA
  

• "START III Dialogue and Future Decisions on the ABM Treaty" (October 5, 2000)
  Vasily Lata, PIR Advisor
  Ivan Safranchuk, PIR Research Associate
  

• "Prospects of Russian Military Reform" (September 21, 2000)
  Vasily Lata, PIR Advisor
  Ivan Safranchuk, PIR Research Associate
  Prof. Yury Fedorov, Department Head in the Institute for US and Canadian Studies
  

• "Export Controls in the Transforming World System: Economic Aspects" (July 5, 2000)
  Dmitry Evstafiev: PIR Senior Research Associate 
  Elina Kirichenko: Head of the Center for North American Studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations 
  Anatoly Bulochnikov: Director of the Center for Export Controls 
  Pavel Bykov: Correspondent of the Expert magazine 

• "The Current Problems of the ABM Treaty" (June 14, 2000) 
  Ivan Safranchuk: PIR Center Research Associate

• "The Results of the NPT Review Conference" (June 2, 2000)
  Boris Kvok: Deputy Director of the Department on Security and Disarmament of the MFA
  Roland Timerbaev: PIR Center Senior Advisor
  Vladimir Orlov: PIR Center Director of the PIR Center

• 'Russia: Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation - in the Context of the Coming NPT Review Conference' (April 18, 2000) 
  Ivan Safranchuk: PIR Center Research Associate 
  Roland Timerbaev: PIR Center Senior Advisor

• "The Safe Storage of Nuclear Weapons in Russia and Disarmament Problems" (October 5, 1999)
  Joshua Handler, Researcher of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at the Princeton University

• "Cooperative Threat Reduction Program: Prospects for Development" (July 1, 1999)
  Brigadier General (ret.) Thomas E. Kuenning: Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (USA)
  Valery Semin: Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Security and Disarmament 
  Colonel-General (ret.) Evgeni Maslin: PIR Center Senior Advisor and former Head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense

• "The Future of Russian Nuclear Forces" (May 28, 1999) 
  Colonel-General (ret.) Evgeni Maslin: PIR Center Senior Advisor and former Head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense 
  Ivan Safranchuk: PIR Center Research Associate

• "Israel's View on the Middle East Security Agenda" (Feb. 18, 1999)
  Zvi Magen: Ambassador of Israel

• "Pakistan, South Asia, and Problems of Regional and Global Security" (Dec. 15, 1998)
  Mansoor Alam: Ambassador of Pakistan 

• "The Future of the Russian Nuclear Arsenal" (Feb. 18, 1998)
  Sergey Kortunov: First Deputy to the Secretary of the Defense Council
  Ambassador (ret.) Roland Timerbaev: President of the PIR Center

• "Conventional Arms Export from Russia" (Nov. 14, 1997) 
  Gennady Khromov: Senior Expert of Glavkosmos
  Pyotr Vlasov: Correspondent of the Journal Expert 
  Igor Khripunov: Deputy Director of the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia, GA, USA

• "The Prospects of Introducing Safeguards Culture in Russia" (Oct. 29, 1997) 
  Prof. William C. Potter: PIR Center Research Council and the Director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies

• "Russian Nuclear Export and Export Control in the Present Phase" (May 17, 1997)
  John Lepingwell: Research Associate of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies

PIR Center Research Council:
Individual, corporate, and associate members

1. Abdullaev, Pulat, Amb., Embassy of the Russian Federation, Yaounde, Cameroon
2. Acronym Institute, London, United Kingdom
3. All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov, Russia
4. Antonov, Anatoly, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN Office and Other International Organizations, Geneva, Switzerland
5. Belous, Vladimir, Lieut. -Gen. (ret.), Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia
6. Belousov, Vladimir, Dr., Osnova Center, Moscow, Russia
7. Belyaeva, Marina, Ministry of Atomic Energy, the International organizations and Nonproliferation Department, Moscow, Russia
8. Bertsch, Gary, Prof., Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia, Athens, United States
9. Bukharin, Oleg, Dr., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
10. Bulochnikov, Anatoly, Center for Export Controls, Moscow, Russia
11. Bunn, George, Center for International Security & Arms Control at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
12. Chumak, Vladimir, Dr., Research Center for Nonproliferation Problems, Kiev, Ukraine
13. Chumenko, Leonid, Dr., Moscow, Russia
14. Combs, Richard, Monterey, CA, United States
15. Dyakov, Anatoly, Prof., Center for Environment, Security and Disarmament at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Techniques (MPhTI), Dolgoprudny, Russia
16. Eleukenov, Dastan, Dr., Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Kazakhstani Office, Almaty, Kazakhstan
17. Fedorov, Alexander, PhD, Moscow, Russia
18. Galaka, Sergei, Dr., Institute of International Relations at the University of Kiev, Ukraine
19. International Institute for Policy Studies, Minsk, Belarus
20. Izmailov, Alexander, Prof., System research Department, Eleron, Moscow, Russia
21. Johnson Rebecca, Acronym Institute, London, United Kingdom
22. Kalinina, Natalya, Dr., Administrative department, Moscow Government Office, Moscow, Russia
23. Kalyadin, Alexander, Dr., the Political and Military Prognosis Center, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow, Russia
24. Kazakhstani Association of Researchers of Nonproliferation Issues, Almaty, Kazakhstan
25. Khromov, Gennady, Glavkosmos, Moscow, Russia
26. Kirichenko, Elina, Dr., the North American Research Center, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow, Russia
27. Krivokhizha, Vasily, Dr., Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISI), Moscow, Russia
28. Kryuchkov, Eduard F., Dr., Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), Moscow, Russia
29. Kurchatov Institute - Russian National Center, Moscow, Russia
30. Lebedev, Vladimir, the International Department, Moscow Government, Moscow, Russia
31. Lewis, Patricia, Dr., UNIDIR, Geneva, Switzerland
32. Makienko, Konstantin, AST Center, Moscow, Russia
33. Medvedev, Vladimir, Lieut. - Gen. (ret.), Institute for Strategic Stability, Moscow, Russia
34. Menshchikov, Valery, Dr., Center for Russian Environmental Policy , Moscow, Russia
35. Mikhailov, Victor, Prof., Institute for Strategic Stability, Moscow, Russia
36. Misyuchenko, Vladimir, Dr., the Federation Council Press Center, Moscow, Russia
37. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), Moscow, Russia
38. Moscow State Institute (University) for International Relations, Moscow, Russia
39. Mueller, Harald, Dr., Frankfurt Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt, Germany
40. Nikitin, Alexander, Prof., Center for Political and International Studies, Moscow, Russia
41. Nikolaichuk, Igor, Dr., the Analytical Department, Russian State Television & Broadcasting Corporation, Moscow, Russia.
42. Novikov, Vladimir, Dr., Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISI), Moscow, Russia
43. Oznobischev, Sergei, Dr., academician of the Space Academy, the Institute for Strategic Assessments, Moscow, Russia
44. Pikayev, Alexander, Dr., Moscow Carnegie Center, Moscow, Russia
45. Podvig, Pavel, Dr., Disarmament Research Center, Princeton University, USA.
46. Pogorely, Mikhail, War and Peace Journalism Center, Moscow, Russia
47. Potter, William, Prof., Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International studies, Monterey, CA, United States
48. Pozdnyak, Vyacheslav, Dr., International Institute for Policy Studies, Minsk, Belarus
49. Pshakin, Gennady, Dr., Physics Energy Institute, Obninsk, Russia
50. Research Center for Nonproliferation Problems, Kiev, Ukraine
51. Rumyantsev, Alexander, Dr., The Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
52. Rybachenkov, Vladimir, Dr., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russia
53. Safranchuk Ivan, Moscow representative office of the Defence Information Center, Moscow, Russia
54. Semin Valery, Prof., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russia
55. Shmelyev, Vladimir, Dr., The Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
56. Slipchenko, Victor, RF Permanent Mission to International Organizations, Vienna, Austria
57. Smith, Harold, Dr., the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
58. Sokov, Nikolai, Dr., Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International studies, Monterey, CA, United States
59. Sukhoruchkin, Vladimir, Dr., Nonproliferation and Control Department, The Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
60. Tsygichko, Vitaly, Prof., academician of the Russian Natural Sciences Academy, Institute for System Analyses, Moscow, Russia
61. Tuzmukhamedov, Bakhtiyar, Constitutional Court, Moscow, Russia
62. Vinogradov, Mikhail, Lieut. - Gen. (ret.), the Committee of Scientists for Global Security, Moscow, Russia
63. Volodin, Yury, Russian Nuclear Regulatory State Authority (Gosatomnadzor), Moscow, Russia
64. Yakushev, Mikhail, Global One, Moscow, Russia
65. Yaroshinskaya, Alla, Dr., The Yaroshinskaya Foundation
66. Yesin, Viktor, Col.-Gen. (ret.), Moscow, Russia
67. Zababakhin All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF), Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Snezhinsk, Russia
68. Zelentsov, Sergei, Institute for Strategic Stability, Moscow, Russia
69. Zobov, Andrei, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia