The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library will host on 24 September two round table events on the threat of nuclear war and the future of NPT. These two events (webinars) are part of the "Forum of Knowledge," taking place between 22-24 September.
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"Evolution of the Threat of Nuclear War in the Context of Growing Multipolarity"
11:00 - 13:00 MSK
Members of the panel of this roundtable are:
- Sergey Batsanov: Retired Ambassador, Member of the Pugwash Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs;
- Peter Buijs, MD, Chairman of NVMP Physicians for peace, Member of IPPNW International Board;
- Dimitry Stefanovich: Researcher, Institute of World Economy & International Relations;
- Petr Topychkanov: Senior Researcher, SIPRI Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Programme;
- Andrey Baklitskiy: Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Insitute for International Studies of the MGIMO University, Consultant at PIR Center;
- Anastasiia Malygina: Associate Professor of Saint Petersburg State University.
- Nadezhda Kulibaba: PhD student, Saint Petersburg State University.
There will be a live streaming of this event on the Library’s YouTube channel, VK page , as well as its website. English is the working language of the event.
"The Future of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: A View from Russia and Europe"
13:30 - 15:30 MSK
Members of the panel of this roundtable are:
- Anastasiia Malygina: Associate Professor of Saint Petersburg State University;
- Sergey Batsanov: Retired Ambassador, Member of the Pugwash Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs;
- Anton Khlopkov: CENESS Director, Chair of the Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference;
- Peter Jenkins: CMG, Chairman of the British Pugwash Group;
- Oliver Meier: Senior researcher, the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Deep Cuts Commission, coordinator;
- Piet de Klerk: Retired Ambassador, co-chair of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification, Chairman of the Supervisory Boardof the Netherlands Helsinki Committee;
- Tytti Erästö: a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme.
- Andrey Pavlov: Professor of Saint Petersburg State University;
- Nadezhda Kulibaba: PhD student, Saint Petersburg State University.
There will be a live streaming of this event on the Library’s YouTube channel, VK page , as well as its website. English is the working language of the event.
About the Library:
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is a unique project that combines the capabilities of a digital library and a multifunctional information centre. The Library has about 1000 remote access centres in all 85 regions of Russia and 39 centres in 30 foreign countries including Germany, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain. Furthermore, it contains digital copies of archival documents, scientific materials, periodicals, as well as audio, photo and video documents reflecting the formation and evolution of Russian statehood and the Russian language.
About the Forum
The Forum of Knowledge is an all-Russian academic and educational project annually held by the Presidential Library. This forum consists of a series of events held over several days in September each year at the central site of the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg. The event is broadcast on the library's portal and social media platforms. Video recordings of all panels are available in the digital archive of the library as well.
The New Defence Order. Strategy journal is a media partner for the Forum of Knowledge.
