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CENESS Newswire

20 june 2022
Moscow, Russia – The research paper ‘IAEA Safeguards, Diversion and Non-Compliance' authored by John Carlson, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, was published in Russian. More info
4 may 2022
Moscow, Russia – An article ‘What Is Safeguards Effectiveness?' by Valeri Bytchkov and Mark Hibbs was published. The publication is the result of a joint project of CENESS and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) ‘Future of IAEA Safeguards'. More info
4 may 2022
Moscow, Russia – An article ‘Ensuring Safeguards Sustainability: Principles and Recommendations' by Grigory Berdennikov, Thomas Countryman, Vladimir Kuchinov, and Thomas Shea was published. The publication is the result of a joint project of CENESS and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) ‘Future of IAEA Safeguards'. More info
4 may 2022
Moscow, Russia – An article ‘Reflections on Safeguards Culture' by Valeri Bytchkov and John Carlson was published. The publication is the result of a joint CENESS and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) ‘Future of IAEA Safeguards'. More info
4 may 2022
Moscow, Russia– An article ‘Efficiency of IAEA Safeguards Implementation and Innovation' by Jill Cooley, Nikolai Khlebnikov, Vladimir Kuchinov, and Thomas Shea was published. The publication is the result of a joint project of CENESS and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) ‘Future of IAEA Safeguards'. More info
28 april 2022
Moscow, Russia – CENESS took part in the First IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Law. A paper prepared by Vladimir Kuchinov, Anton Khlopkov, and Mikhail Lysenko titled ‘International Legal Interaction Between the State of Manufacture and the Host State on the Use of Floating Small Modular Reactors' was presented during the Conference. More info
27 april 2022
St. Petersburg, Russia – CENESS Director Anton Khlopkov moderated an online meeting with the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov. The meeting on ‘Multilateral Diplomacy in Vienna: Features, Challenges and Prospects' was organized by the Strategic and Arms Control Studies master's programme of St. Petersburg State Universit More info
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CENESS in the News

26 april 2022
'Chernobyl: the Sarcophagus has Become a Tourist Object and the Sword of Damocles for the Nuclear Industry (In Russian)'
News.ru
25 april 2022
'Nuclear Race: Will a Peaceful Atom Reduce the West's Dependence on Russian Gas (In Russian)'
Forbes
5 january 2022
'A country without the USSR, disappeared brands, refusal to cooperate with Kiev. Typical Ukraine (In Russian)'
Rossiya 24
29 november 2021
'Seventh Circle of Iran. Negotiations on the Nuclear Deal Resume in Vienna (in Russian)'
Kommersant
3 november 2021
'Iran Could Become the Hub of Trade and Energy in the SCO (in Russian)'
IA REGNUM
27 july 2021
'The Situation is Strategically Stable (in Russian)'
Kommersant
22 july 2021
'Ryabkov: Russia Hopes the Entire Nuclear Five Confirms the Gorbachev-Reagan Formula (in Russian)'
Kommersant
22 july 2021
'Ryabkov: Russia and the United States Have Already Held Four Rounds of Consultations on Cybersecurity (in Russian)'
Kommersant
16 july 2021
'Kim-Trump Summit in Hanoi Could Have Eliminated 80% of N. Korea's Nuclear Capacity, a Report Says'
Hankyoreh
8 june 2021
'We Appeal to You to Show Courage and Sense of Urgency (in Russian)'
Kommersant
20 may 2021
'Nuclear Cooperation Shows China, Russia Determined to Tackle Climate Change -- Experts'
Xinhua
27 april 2021
'Iranian Foreign Minister Blames Russia for Iranian issues (in Russian)'
Kommersant
14 april 2021
'Iranian Cenrtrifuries (in Russian)'
Kommersant
6 april 2021
'Iran and US Meet for Talks to Salvage Nuclear Deal'
Geneva Solutions
16 march 2021
'Back and to the Future (In Russian)'
Kommersant
1 march 2021
'Iran Is Not Bothered with IAEA Anymore (In Russian)'
Kommersant
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In focus

THE AUKUS SUBMARINE DEAL: RISKS FOR THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME AND GLOBAL SECURITY

Moscow, Russia. August 3, 2023. The Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) and China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) have released a joint study “The AUKUS Submarine Deal: Risks for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime and Global Security”.

The study identifies the main risks and challenges the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal creates for the non-proliferation regime, and IAEA safeguards system. It also outlines possible implications for global and regional security.

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The Nuclear Club Journal: Top Stories and Analysis


  • The Universe and Nuclear Weapons
    by Roland Timerbaev;
  • The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Another Victim of US Nuclear Policy?
    by Grigory Berdennikov and Asya Shavrova;
  • The Future of the JCPOA and Its Impact on the Middle East by Alexander Mariyasov;
  • Ways Out of the Korean Krisis
    by Alexander Vorontsov;
  • Some Lessons from the Iran Nuclear Deal and Their Applicability to Resolving Korean Nuclear Crisis by Sergey Batsanov;
  • Prospects for Nuclear Power In the Middle East: Russia's Interests by Anton Khlopkov (ed.);
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: As Seen from the Inside by John Endicott and Victor Esin.


The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Another Victim of US Nuclear Policy

Grigory Berdennikov, Asya Shavrova

Amid a number of nuclear nonproliferation and arms control crises (the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula, the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA and the INF Treaty), the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was well down the list of pressing nuclear issues – until now. Amb. Grigory Berdennikov, Head of the Russian delegation at the CTBT negotiations (1993–1996), and Asya Shavrova, CENESS Research Associate and Member of the Youth Group of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, point out that the situation with the CTBT is merely an element of the broader pattern of the arms control and nuclear nonproliferation current state of affairs, and the next two years will be a serious challenge for the Treaty.

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The Future of the JCPOA and Its Impact on the Middle East

Alexander Mariyasov

An article by Amb. Alexander Mariyasov, fmr. Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Iran, analyses hopes to save the JCPOA to live on even without US participation, and ways for Iran to alleviate the pressure of re-imposed US sanctions. Parties to the deal must demonstrate the political will and determination to offer Iran at least the bare minimum of economic advantages that would justify its own continued participation, as a collapse of the JCPOA followed by Iran's complete withdrawal from the deal would represent a major escalation of the already tense situation in the Middle East.

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Once and Future Partners?

Anton Khlopkov, Bill Potter

Experts disagree if the current state of US-Russian relations represents a new Cold War. Most concur, however, that the relationship between Moscow and Washington has deteriorated to a dangerous degree, arguably worse than any period since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. As such, every meeting between the US and Russian presidents will present a significant opportunity to halt, if not reverse, the downward spiral in relations.

The original article has been published in Russian in the Kommersant daily newspaper on July 10,
2018, under the title ‘Agenda for Two Presidents'.

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