Dr.
Diakov is also Associate Professor of Physics (PhD, 1975). He graduated
from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia's MIT).
Since 1991, Dr. Diakov is Director of the Center for Arms Control, Energy and
Environmental Studies. He has written papers on nuclear arms reductions, the
history of Russia's
plutonium production, disposition options for excess plutonium, and the
feasibility of converting Russia's
icebreaker reactors from highly enriched to low-enriched uranium as well as on
many other topics relating to nuclear arms control and disarmament.
Among his recent publications are “Are There Any Prospects For START
Replacement?” (Nezavisimoe Voennoe
Obozrenie, #8, 2008); “US-Russian Strategic Arms Control After 2009. Room
For The Compromise” (Security Index,
Winter 2008); “ReSTART: The Need for a New U.S. Russian
Strategic Arms Agreement” (Arms Control Today, September 2006).
