Russian–American Nuclear Nonproliferation Dialogue Lessons Learned and Road Ahead

This book explores the history of the nuclear nonproliferation dialogue between Russia (USSR) and the United States. By looking into the particulars of bilateral cooperation on NPT, Cooperative Threat Reduction program, arms control, and other issues, the authors offer lessons to be learned in preventing nuclear confrontations in the future. The book has been prepared in coordination between Russian and American scholars and experts and is a result of a series of Track 2.5 events devoted to restoring the nonproliferation cooperation between Russia and the United States. Covering all the aspects of the bilateral partnership since 1960 until today, this book will interest scholars of great power conflicts and nonproliferation.

The workshop and the consequent work on the monograph became possible thanks to generous organizational & financial support from Centre russe d`etudes politiques (Geneva) and the Center for Policy Studies in Russia (Monterey, USA).

Part I. Soviet/Russian – American Cooperation on NPT Negotiations and Extension. Chapter 1.From Brezhnev to Putin: Dynamics of the Soviet / Russian Leadership Attitude Towards cooperation with the United States on Nuclear Nonproliferation.- Chapter 2. Soviet-US Negotiations on Articles I & II of the NPT with the Case Study of Multilateral Nuclear Force in Europe: History & Lessons Learned for NPT Review and the Issue of Nuclear Sharing.- Chapter 3. U.S.-Soviet Negotiations on  Article X of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.- Chapter 4. U.S.-Russian Cooperation on the NPT Extension: Lessons for Future Cooperation on the NPT Review Process.- Part II. Russian-American Dialogue on Regional Challenges to Nonproliferation. Chapter 5. U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Nonproliferation in South Asia.- Chapter 6. Technical Cooperation on Verification and its role in Trust Building.- Chapter 7. U.S.-Russian Dialogue on the Iranian Nuclear Program: LessonsLearned and Ignored (1992-2015).- Chapter 8. U.S.-Russian Dialogue on Establishment of a WMDFZ in the Middle East.- Part II. Russian-American Dialogue on Arms Control. Chapter 9. US-Soviet Negotiations of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty: Experience of the Dialogue, Lessons Learned for Future Work, and Joint Approaches Towards Article VI of the NPT.- Chapter 10. Soviet/Russian and U.S. Official Approaches towards Nuclear Disarmament.- Chapter 11. US-Russian Debate on US Nuclear Weapons in Europe and on Deployment of Nuclear Weapons Outside National Territories and its Influence on the NPT Review Process (1991 – 2020). Part IV. Russian-American Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and on Nuclear Security. Chapter 12. CTR, GP, GICNT and other initiatives in U.S.-Russian Relations.- Chapter 13. MDA, HEU-LEU and other U.S.-Russia agreements on peaceful uses of nuclear energy.- Part V: Russian-American Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dialogue since 1991: From Patronage to Failed Partnership… What’s Next?. Chapter 14. U.S.-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control (1992-1999): Model for Future Cooperation?.- Chapter 15. U.S.-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Issues (2000-2019): From Patronage to Failed Partnership.-Chapter 16. US-Russian Dialogue on Nuclear Nonproliferation in 2017-2020 and its Impact on NPT Review cycle. Chapter 17. Conclusions: Lessons for Russian-US Dialogue on Nuclear Nonproliferation and What it Means for the Next Decade.

Dr.Vladimir A.Orlov is expert in international security and Russia’s foreign policy.  He is the PIR Center’s Director and founder, as well as member of its Executive Board.  He is Professor at MGIMO University (since 2017) where he teaches Russian foreign and security policy as well as nuclear non-proliferation (since 2013). He has also been part of UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters from 2014-2018. He is Founder (1993) & President of the Trialogue Club International. 

Mr.Semenov D. Semenov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 2019. Since 2019, he has worked in the PIR Center as a coordinator of the “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation” program and a research fellow.