Valdai Club

On April 28, 2016, the Valdai Discussion Club will present a Valdai Paper, written by Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis of Hudson Institute (USA), and Andrey Baklitskiy, director of "Russia and nuclear non-proliferation program, PIR Center, entitled "The Iranian Deal: Opportunities and Obstacles for Russian-US Cooperation".

International agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, signed in summer of 2015, was a turning point in efforts to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime. However, approaches to its implementation are still the subject of controversy between the parties. Experts will discuss the implementation of the Agreement and opportunities for the US-Russian cooperation on the Iranian nuclear issue.

Speakers:

• Richard Weitz - Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis of Hudson Institute (USA);

• Andrey Baklitskiy - Director of "Russia and nuclear non-proliferation" program,  PIR Center;

• Oleg Barabanov - Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion , Academic Director of the European Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Russia (MGIMO University). (Moderator)

Working language - English.

Venue: Valdai Discussion Club Conference Hall (Bolshaya Tatarskaya 42, Moscow, Russia)

April 28, 2016,15.00


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