Chronology
5 permanent members of the UN Security Council meet for the first time in Paris and establish the P5 consultative process on nuclear disarmament
30.06.2011
Russia ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The treaty still has not entered into force.
30.06.2000
France stops highly enriched uranium production for nuclear weapons.
30.06.1996
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Blog entries: 2015
10.02.2015

As I recall, one of the previous PIR Center calendars featured a Samoan pineapple on the cover. I think it was back in the “fat naughties” as the decade has become known in Russia. The 2014 cover showed a merry gathering of three South Africans rhinos. The Security Index has always been partial to rhinos – not so much because of their horn but because despite their thick armor, they have proved vulnerable and are now on the brink of extinction. That is why the rhino is an accurate reflection of the nature of security.