Program

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in partnership with
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Nuclear Weapons and International Security in the 21st
Century”
PROGRAM
8 November 2012
Location: MGIMO University
of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moscow, 76 Vernadsky Ave. (new building)

2. 9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Conference Opening
Igor S. IVANOV, President, Russian International Affairs
Council, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences
Dmitry O. ROGOZIN, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation
Richard BURT, U.S. Chair of Global Zero, former Chief
Negotiator, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START-1, 1991),
United States
Artem V. MALGIN, Vice-rector, Moscow State Institute of
International Relations (MGIMO-University), Foreign Ministry of
the Russian Federation
10:00-11:15 Session 1
Russian-American mutual nuclear deterrence as the basis for
strategic stability: are there alternatives?
Topics
 What are the conditions that could make it
possible to renounce Russian-American mutual
nuclear deterrence as the basis for strategic
stability?
 New perception of strategic stability for the 21st
century
Moderator: Sergey B. BRILYOV, TV anchorman, Deputy
Director of Special Projects, “Russia” TV Channel
Discussion Participants
Sergey A. RYABKOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation
Richard BURT, U.S. Chair of Global Zero, former Chief
Negotiator, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START-1, 1991),
United States
Vladimir Z. DVORKIN, Senior Researcher, Center for
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3. International Security Studies, Institute of the World Economy and
International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, General
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-13:00 Discussion of the Global Zero Commission’s report on nuclear
policies
Moderator: Bruce G. BLAIR, Co-Founder, Global Zero
Discussion Participants:
John SHEEHAN, former Commander in Chief, United States
Atlantic Command, former Supreme Allied Commander, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, General
Victor I. YESIN, Senior Researcher, Center for Military-
Industrial Policy Studies, Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies,
Russian Academy of Science, Colonel General
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:15 Session 2
Prospects of Russian-American cooperation in international
security, nuclear disarmament and BMD
Topics
 Preliminary results of Russian-American cooperation in
nuclear weapons limitation and reduction: a balance of
success and failure.
 Barriers in reaching an agreement on BMD issues:
political, military technical, psychological. Is it real to
overcome them?
Moderator: James BLITZ, Defense and Diplomatic Editor, the
Financial Times
Discussion Participants:
Anatoly I. ANTONOV, Deputy Minister of Defense, Russian
Federation
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4. Sergey M. ROGOV, Director, Institute of U.S. and Canadian
Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Russian
Academy of Sciences
Steven PIFER, Director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative,
former US ambassador
John SHEEHAN, former Commander in Chief, United States
Atlantic Command, former Supreme Allied Commander, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, General
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:45 Session 3
Multilateral nuclear disarmament: ways to achieve the goal
Topics
 Could nuclear weapons arsenals of third countries
affect the stability of Russian-American bilateral
deterrence? Could they influence the stability in
foreseeable future?
 What are possible conditions and format for engaging
other nuclear states in Russian-American
negotiations on nuclear disarmament?
Moderator: Margarita SIMONYAN, Editor-in-chief, “Russia
Today” TV channel
Discussion Participants:
Vladimir L. LEONTIEV, Deputy director, Security and
Disarmament Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation
Richard BURT, U.S. Chair of Global Zero, former Chief
Negotiator, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START-1, 1991),
United States
James BLITZ, Defense and Diplomatic Editor, the Financial
Times
Paul QUILES, Minister of Defense (1985-1986), Minister of
Interior and Public Security (1992-1993), France
Mahmud DURRANI, former National Security Advisor to Prime
Minister of Pakistan, Ambassador of the Republic of Pakistan to
the United States (2006-2008)
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5. Shlomo BEN AMI, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2001),
Minister of National Security (1999-2000), Israel
17:45-18:15 Coffee Break
18.15-19.45 Session 4
International cooperation in countering nuclear terrorism and
nuclear weapons proliferation
Topics
 Is further nuclear weapons proliferation inevitable?
Could the international community halt the process?
 Are international institutions and mechanisms capable of
standing up to such threats as nuclear weapons
proliferation and nuclear terrorism? Reasons for the
failure to enhance the efficiency of these institutions or to
set up new ones.
Moderator: Anton V. KHLOPKOV, Director, Center for Energy
and Security Studies, Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Club Journal
Discussion Participants:
Grigory V. BERDENNIKOV, Ambassador-at-Large, Foreign
Ministry of the Russian Federation
Anatoly E. SAFONOV, Vice President, Rusatom Overseas Co.,
Colonel General
Steven PIFER, Director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative,
former US ambassador
Shlomo BEN AMI, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2001),
Minister of National Security (1999-2000), Israel
Seyed Hossein MOUSAVIAN, Head of the Foreign Relations
Committee of Iran’s National Security Council (1997-2005)
19:45-20:00 Closing Ceremony
Richard BURT, U.S. Chair of Global Zero, former Chief
Negotiator, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START-1, 1991),
United States
Igor S. IVANOV, President, Russian International Affairs
Council, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences
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