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Remarks on Further Reductions of Nuclear Weapons, by Anatoli Diakov, Timur Kadyshev and Eugene Miasnikov, February 3, 2010
"...Cooperation between USA and Russia in the search of complex solutions to the problems discussed in this article will allow not only to create conditions for the next phase of reductions towards numerically lower levels of their nuclear arsenals, but also to transform relations between the two countries from confrontational to confident and partner-like, which, in turn, will facilitate departure from nuclear deterrence in their bilateral relations."
The nuclear "renaissance" & preventing the spread of enrichment & reprocessing technologies: a Russian view, by Anatoli Diakov (in The Global Nuclear Future, vol. 2), January 9, 2010
Deadly Climate Change From Nuclear War: A threat to human existence, by Steven Starr, December 27, 2009
Challenges and Opportunities for Russia-U.S. Nuclear Arms Control, by Anatoli Diakov and Frank von Hippel, November 19, 2009
Perspectives of Control Over Strategic Nuclear Weapons after 2009, - in Russian, by Eugene Miasnikov, Presentation at the MIPT Interdisciplinary Seminar on October 21, 2009.
Long-Range Precision-Guided Conventional Weapons: Implications for Strategic Balance, by Eugene Miasnikov, September 21, 2009
On Some Aspects of the The Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty, signed by U.S. and Russian Presidents During the Recent Summit Meeting, - now in English, by Anatoli Diakov and Eugene Miasnikov, August 7, 2009
The U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Reduction Dialog: Challenges and Opportunities, by Anatoli Diakov, Presentation to the Berlin Article VI Forum "New Imperatives and Openings for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World", Berlin, January 28-30, 2009
US-Russian Strategic Arms Control After 2009. Room For The Compromise?, - in Russian, by Anatoli Diakov and Eugene Miasnikov, December 4, 2008
Are There Any Prospects For START Replacement?, by Anatoli Diakov and Eugene Miasnikov, March 13, 2008
Gabala Radar: Past, Present, Future, - in Russian, by Yevguenii Aliyev, October 9, 2007
Risks of Nuclear Multipolarity, - in Russian, by Valery Yarynich, October 9, 2007
Prompt Global Strike and START-I Treaty, - in Russian, by Anatoli Diakov and Eugene Miasnikov, September 14, 2007
Prompt Global Strike in the US Strategic Forces Development Plans, - in Russian, by Anatoli Diakov and Eugene Miasnikov, September 14, 2007
Nuclear Arms Reductions and Arms Control in U.S.-Russian Bilateral Relations: Current Status and Future, - in Russian, by Anatoli Diakov, Eugene Miasnikov and Nikolay Sokov, December 27, 2006
Conventional Arms Control and Uncomtrollable Weapons. Azerbaijan - Nagorny Karabakh - Armenia, - in Russian, by Yevguenii Aliyev, November 21, 2006
Conventional Arms Control in Georgia. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, - in Russian, by Yevguenii Aliyev, November 1, 2006
ReSTART: The Need for a New U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Agreement, by Anatoli Daikov and Eugene Miasnikov, September 8, 2006 ReSTART: The Need for a New U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Agreement
Feasibility of Converting Russian Icebreaker Reactors from HEU to LEU Fuel, (2Mb, pdf file) by Anatoli S. Diakov, Alexander M. Dmitriev, Jungmin Kang, Alexey M. Shuvayev, and Frank N. von Hippel, Science and Global Security, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2006), pp. 33-48
Opinion: Change Launch On Warning Policy, by Alan Phillips and Steven Starr, April 5, 2006.

"...There is no logical reason to maintain Launch on Warning. It is to the equal advantage of both sides even if only one changes its policy to RLOAD, and if both adopt RLOAD then one of the most likely causes of an unintended nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. – an accidental war due to a false warning – will be eliminated," Phillips and Starr believe.
Opinion: Russian FY 2006 Federal Budget and SORT Treaty by Pyotr Romashkin (November 1, 2005), - in Russian

On September 22, 2005 the State Duma approved in the first reading the draft Federal Law on the FY 2006 Federal Budget.
"...the draft Federal Law on FY Federal Budget does not meet the requirements of the Federal Law on Ratification of the SORT Treaty because it does not provide for priority financing of strategic nuclear forces," Pyotr Romashkin believes.
NSNW. Problems of Control...
Center's Publication: Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons. Problems of Control and Reduction, (by Anatoli Diakov, Eugene Miasnikov and Timur Kadyshev, October, 2003) -- now available in English

The report analyzes place and role of Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons (NSNW) in the Russia's, US and NATO nuclear doctrines, presents assessments of their NSNW arsenals, studies approaches towards problems of control and reductions of NWNS studied, suggests possible approaches to solution of these problems.
The publication includes Foreword by Dr. Alexei Arbatov, Introduction, five Chapters and Conclusions.
The report is addressed to a broad audience - political scientists, military, technical and arms control experts, diplomats and general public, interested in problems of international security.
«Non-proliferation and Reduction of Weapons of Mass Destruction Regime and National Security»
 
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U.S.-Russian Relations in Nuclear Arms Reductions: Current State and Prospects
U.S.-Russian Relations in Nuclear Arms Reductions: Current State and Prospects, (Ed. by Anatoli Diakov, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, Dolgoprudny, 52 pages, June, 2001)

"...This report is one of the best recently published studies of the process of Russian and U.S. offensive strategic arms reductions..." (Problems of Global Security)

Now available the complete report in Russian (in PDF format, 350 Kb). See also a transcript of the press conference (in Russian) held on July 3rd, 2001 at the National Press Development Institute

Precision Guided Weapons and Strategic Balance, (by Eugene Miasnikov, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, November, 2000, 43 pages; ill.) See also a transcript of the press conference held on November 22, 2000 at the National Press Development Institute

"...Besides its practical value, the report is also interesting due to the fact that it is one of the first examples of detailed scientific analysis of a complex military-technical problem, made by an independent analytical think-tank. In the long run, efficiency of civil control over military forces depends on whether or not a system of independent expertise is created..." (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye)
Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, (edited by Pavel Podvig with contributions from Oleg Bukharin,Timur Kadyshev, Eugene Miasnikov, Pavel Podvig, Igor Sutyagin, Maxim Tarasenko, and Boris Zhelezov, MIT Press, November 2001)

"A veritable treasure trove of information for all students of Russian nuclear weapons and strategic policy questions." -- Sidney D. Drell, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
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The purpose of the StAR Site project is to monitor and facilitate discussions on problems of nuclear reductions in public media, keep up-to-date information on new releases of other arms control organizations.
The issues discussed include strategic stability, ballistic missile defenses development plans, possible steps for further reductions of U.S. and Russian strategic arsenals, future of Russian strategic forces and role for Russian nuclear weapons. We specifically focus on the problems, which exist because of differing approaches of the U.S. and Russia. Our goal is to provide timely and comprehensive coverage of these problems and to help Russian audience to learn the views expressed in the United States and other countries, and respectively - to help Western audience to learn about the Russian views. Many of the listed documents, including the papers by Russian authors, are available in Internet as well as the U.S.- Russian official disarmament agreements. Besides that, you may find this site helpful for search of other sources of information on nuclear disarmament issues.

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