Eugene Miasnikov, Ph.D
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Contact Information
Phone: +7-916-143-0092
E-mail: miasnikov(at)armscontrol.ru
http://www.armscontrol.ru
Biographic Summary
Eugene Miasnikov was graduated from the Department of Aerophysics and Space Research of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1985. In 1989 he got his Ph. Degree in Physics from MIPT. His dissertation was devoted to the problem of polarized laser light propagation in ocean water. Subsequently, until the end of 1991, he worked in the Scientific Production Association "ELAS" (Zelenograd) as an expert in remote sensing of the ocean from airborne and space platforms.
In 1992-2016 Eugene Miasnikov was with the Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, as Senior Research Scientist and subsequently as the Center's Director (since 2011), and he was an active participant of the Center's research projects. He is an author of numerous publications. In particular, he launched STAR Site Internet project in 1997 and he was directing that project till May 2003.
Currently Eugene Miasnikov is an independent expert and administrator of the http://www.armscontrol.ru web site. He is also an Associated Editor of Science and Global Security journal, a Member of the Advisory Board of PIR Center and a Commissioner of the Deep Cuts Project.
Area of Research
- problems of strategic nuclear disarmament;
- unmanned aerial vehicles and terrorism
- high precision conventional weapons and strategic stability
- revolution in miltary affairs
- history, current status and future of Russia's strategic sea based forces;
- detectability of submarines and its impact on strategic stability in the world;
- problems of nuclear submarine disposal.
Publications and Presentations
2015
- How to approach nuclear modernization?: A Russian response, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol 71(3), pp.12-15, May-June, 2015
- Development of Strategic Conventional Arms: Dangers for the Russian Strategic Forces - Real and Imagined (audio, in Russian), Presentation at the seminar "Problems of Nuclear and Conventional Arms Reductions", Moscow Carnegie Center, April 17, 2015
- Arms Control: The Problem of Today (in Russian), Index Bezopasnosti, Vol 21(1), Spring, 2015
- Essays in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Development and Disarmament Roundtable "Modernizing nuclear arsenals: Whether and how":
- Nuclear decisions, long-lasting consequences, February 6, 2015
- Constructive Steps, Not Dominance, January 16, 2015
- Modernization and “zero”: Compatible tendencies?, January 7, 2015
- Verification and Confidence Building Measures Related to Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Obstacles on the Way Forward, Presentation at CSIS Track-II Dialogue on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons, January, 2015
2014
- On Significance of the Russian Edition of James Acton's Report "Silver Bullet? Asking the Right Questions About Conventional Prompt Global Strike", (in Russian), remarks at the book presentation, Carnegie Moscow Center, November 19, 2014
- Arms Control: Current Agenda, (in Russian), presentation at the Extended Meeting of the PIR Center Advisory Board and the International Trialogue Club, Moscow, October 4, 2014
- On the role of nuclear weapons in modern world, interview to The Voice of Russia (in Russian), August 29, 2014
- Statement at the presentation of the First Deep Cuts Commission Report, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., April 28, 2014. See also audio, transcript of the event and interview to the RTVi
2013
- Beyond the New START: The Prague Agenda after Berlin, remarks at the Conference "The Prague Agenda 2013: Prospects and Challenges", September 5-6, 2013
- The Role of Nuclear Weapons in Global Politics and Maintaining Russia’s Security, (in Russian), remarks at the International Summer School on Global Security, organised by PIR-Center, Abramtsevo, Russia, July 3, 2013
- Strategic Nuclear Forces: Goals and Possible New Arms Control Measures, remarks at the CENESS-ACA-BASIC-IFSH workshop on Prospects for Russia-US arms control, Moscow, May 16, 2013
- The Air-Space Threat to Russia, a chapter from the book Missile Defense: Confrontation and Cooperation ed. by Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin, Carnegie Moscow Center, ROSSPEN, 2013, pp. 121-146 (PDF)
- Non-strategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Possible Scope and Conditions for Information Sharing, Transparency Measures and Verification, Working paper for The Warsaw Workshop: Prospects for information sharing and confidence building on Non-Strategic Weapons in Europe, Warsaw, Poland, 7-8 February, 2013 (PDF)
- UN launches probe in drone strikes, an interview for "In Focus" program, Voice of Russia, January 25, 2013. Audio of the story is here (mp3, 9.5 MB)
- Counterforce Capabilities of Conventional Strategic Arms, presentation at ISODARCO XXVI Winter Course "New Military Technologies: Implications for Strategy and Arms Control", Andalo, Italy, 6-13 January, 2013 (PDF, slides)
- Non-State Actors and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, presentation at ISODARCO XXVI Winter Course "New Military Technologies: Implications for Strategy and Arms Control", Andalo, Italy, 6-13 January, 2013 (PDF, slides)
2012
- Precision-Guided Conventional Weapons, a chapter in the book "Nuclear Reset: Arms Reduction and Nonproliferation", ed. by Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin, Carnegie Moscow Center, ROSSPEN, 2012, pp. 432-456.
- Strategic Conventional Arms and Their Impact on the Roles for Nuclear Weapons, (in Russian), remarks at the seminar "The Future of Reductions in Nuclear Arsenals: is it Possible to Reduce the Role of Nuclear Weapons?", held by PIR Center and Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, September 20, 2012. An expanded version of this article is published in Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye (September 28, 2012, p. 11) under the title "Satan" and "Minuteman" Replacements Go on Watch" (in Russian)
- Nuclear Submarines Open New Horizons, (in Russian), an interview to "Voice of Russia", August 7, 2012
- Strategic Conventional Weapons and Stability, Presentation at the Workshop on Strategic Stability and Arms Control, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Beijing, China, April 23, 2012
- Prospects for US and Russian Nuclear Cuts In View of NPT Article VI Commitments, (in Russian), Security Index, N 1 (100), Vol 18, Spring 2012
- New START treaty: first step forward, an interview for "In Focus" program, Voice of Russia, February 6, 2012. Audio of the story is here (mp3, 8,9 MB)
- Future Steps on U.S. and Russian Nuclear Arms Reductions, (in Russian), Remarks at the seminar "Shaping a New Agenda for U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control: Identifying Challenges and Exploring Opportunities," Vienna, January 26-27, 2012
- Ongoing European missile defense talks between Russia and NATO, an interview for "In Focus" program, Voice of Russia, January 19, 2012. Audio of the story is here (mp3, 7,9 MB)
2011
- Developing Approaches toward Resolving the Issue of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, Paper presented at the Roundtable "Improving transparency on tactical nuclear weapons: Building blocks for a NATO-Russia dialogue," Berlin, November 17-18, 2011
- Terrorist Drone Threat Real, an interview for "In Focus" program, Voice of Russia, September 30, 2011. Audio of the story is here (mp3, 9,2 MB)
- Operational Advantages and Risks in the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Remarks at the Round Table "International Humanitarian Law and New Weapon Technologies," Sanremo, Italy, September 8-10, 2011
- Strategic Conventional Arms: Deadlocks and Solutions, Security Index, N3(96), Summer 2011. This paper came out in Russian in Index Bezopasnosti, N1(96), vol 17, pp. 123-130, 2011 and available for free download here.
- Advanced Conventional Capabilities and Their Impact on Nuclear Arms Control, Remarks at the International Workshop "Russian Interests and Western Priorities: The Future of Arms Control in Europe," Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - IFSH, Berlin, Germany, May 12-13, 2011
- Nuclear Reductions After New START: Obstacles and Opportunities, (co-authors - Anatoly Diakov and Timur Kadyshev), Arms Control Today, May 2011
- The Threat of the Use of Small UAVs by Terrorists: Technical Aspects, Presentation at the International Seminar on the Law of Armed Conflicts, French Air Force Academy, Salon-de-Provence, France, April 7, 2011
- Unmanned Air Vehicles and Threat of Terrorism, an interview for Ethica Themen (Institute for Religion and Peace), February 4, 2011
- Conventional Strategic Arms in the New START Treaty and Prospects for their Control and Limitation, Remarks at the Round-Table "Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control", FOI, Stockholm, Sweden, January 25, 2011
2010
- Obama Took the Risk and Won, an inteteview for Rosbalt Information Agency, December 23, 2010
- Next Steps in U.S.-Russia Arms Reductions, Remarks at the Conference "Next Steps in Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense and NATO", November 8, 2010
- US and Russian Nuclear Weapons Reductions and the New START Treaty, - in Russian, presentation for students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, October 6, 2010
- On Relationship Between Nuclear and Conventional Strategic Arms in the New START Treaty, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, July 16, 2010
- A Chapter on Russia, (with Anatoli Diakov), Paper from the Reducing and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: Country Perspectives on the Challenges to Nuclear Disarmamentrecent, IPFM Report 2010, May 15, 2010
- New START Treaty and Further Strategic Nuclear Arms Reductions, (in Russian), presentation at the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference, March 4-6, 2010
- Eugene Miasnikov's interview on the Russian new military doctrine to Russia Today TV Channel (in Arabic), February 6, 2010, (flv format, 8 min, 23 Mb);
- Further Reductions of Nuclear Weapons, (co-authors - Anatoli Diakov and Timur Kadyshev), Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, February 3, 2010
2009
- START Follow-on Treaty: What is Next?, - in Russian, press-conference at RIA Novosti (participants: Vladimir Yevseyev and Eugene Miasnikov), December 21, 2009, (flv format, 63 min, 264 Mb)
- Limiting Counterforce Capabilities of Precision Guided Weapons, presentation at the conference "Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation: Current Status and Prospects" at the Carnegie Center in Moscow, December 10, 2009; audio transcript, 139 min, 34 Mb
- START expiration. Is Any Compromise Possible?, - in Russian, teleconference Moscow - Washington DC, (participants: Alexei Arbatov, Eugene Miasnikov, Aleksandr Khramchikhin, Andrew Kuchins, Robert Norris), RIA Novosti, December 2, 2009 (flv format, 75 min, 232 Mb);
- Prospects for Strategic Arms Control After 2009 - in Russian, presentation for students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, October 21, 2009
- Impact of U.S. BMD Decision on START Follow-On Treaty Talks, Eugene Miasnikov in Yana Churikova's program "Speaking Frankly" on Expert-TV channel, September 21, 2009 (mp4 file, 15 min, 100 Mb)
- On Some Aspects of the The Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty, signed by U.S. and Russian Presidents during the Recent Summit Meeting, - now in English (with Anatoli Diakov), Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, N 27, August 7-13, 2009
- Long-Range Precision-Guided Conventional Weapons: Implications for Strategic Balance, Research Paper, International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, June 2009
- De-alerting: Decreasing the Operational Readiness of Strategic Nuclear Forces, (with Viktor Koltunov and Leonid Ryabikhin), Paper presented at the Seminar "Re-framing De-Alert", Yverdon, Switzerland, June 21-23, 2009
- On Definitions in the Discussion of De-Alerting, (with Viktor Koltunov and Viktor Esin), Paper presented at the Seminar "Re-framing De-Alert", Yverdon, Switzerland, June 21-23, 2009
- Presentation at the International Andrei Sakharov Conference, Cambridge, MA, October 24, 2008, In "Andrey Sakharov: The Nuclear Legacy", Bulletin of American Academy, Spring, 2009
2008
- Counterforce Potential of Precision Guided Weapons, In Nuclear Proliferation: New Technologies, Weapons and Treaties Ed. by Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, ROSSPEN, 2009, pp. 105-128
- US-Russian Strategic Arms Control After 2009. Room For The Compromise?, - in Russian, (with Anatoli Daikov), Security Index, N 4 (87), vol. 14, Winter 2008
- Eugene Miasnikov: Is Russia Ringed?, - in Russian, Za Nauku, Winter 2007-2008, pp. 27-31
- Are There Any Prospects For START Replacement?, (with Anatoli Daikov), Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, N 8, March 7-13, 2008
2007
- Prompt Global Strike and START-I Treaty, - in Russian, (with Anatoli Daikov), Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, N 31, September 14, 2007
- Prompt Global Strike in the US Strategic Forces Development Plans, - in Russian, (with Anatoli Daikov), Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, September 14, 2007
2006
- Nuclear Arms Reductions and Arms Control in U.S.-Russian Bilateral Relations: Current Status and Future, - in Russian, (co-authors: Anatoli Diakov and Nikolai Sokov), Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, December, 2006
- ReSTART: The Need for a New U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Agreement, (with Anatoli Daikov), Arms Control Today, September, 2006
2005
- Time for Nuclear States to Recall Their Obligations, (with Anatoli Diakov, INESAP Bulletin, N 25, April, 2005, pp. 20-21) - in PDF format
2004
- Russian Perceptions and Prospects for Nuclear Weapons Reductions in Northeast Asia, (INESAP Bulletin, N 24, December, 2004, pp. 17-20) - in PDF format
- Terrorist Mini-UAVs: Technical Assessment of Capabilities, Presentation at the 16th Summer Symposium on Science and World Affairs, Beijing, July 17 – 25, 2004 -- slides
- Threat of Terrorism Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Technical Aspects, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, June 2004, 26 pages. Translated into English - March 2005. Full report in PDF format (0.54 Mb)
- Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons. Problems of Control and Reduction, (co-authors - Anatoli Diakov and Timur Kadyshev, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, May 2004, 72 pages), full report in PDF (0.5 Mb)
2003
- Principles of Nuclear Planning, - in Russian, text of a lecture given at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology within Non-proliferation and Reduction of Weapons of Mass Destruction Regime and National Security course, October 15, 2003
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Tools to Deliver Terrorist’s Attacks: Project Goals, Presentation at the 15th Summer Symposium on Science and World Affairs, Moscow, July 23 – August 1, 2003 -- slides
- International Agreements Verification Methods, - in Russian, text of a lecture given at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology within Non-proliferation and Reduction of Weapons of Mass Destruction Regime and National Security course, April 8, 2003
- U.S.-Russian Bilateral Arms Control Regime: What Measures Can Be Utilized in a Future Verification System of Multilateral Nuclear Reductions?, remarks at the Conference "International Arms Control, Transparency and Verification in a European-Russian Framework of Cooperative Security," Berlin, January 24-27, 2003; see also PDF version
2002
- U.S. and Russian Strategic Forces: nuclear doctrines, composition, future development, - in Russian, text of a lecture given at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology within Non-proliferation and Reduction of Weapons of Mass Destruction Regime and National Security course, November 15, 2002
- What To Do With The Treaty On Strategic Offensive Reductions?, - in Russian (co-authors: Anatoli Diakov, Timur Kadyshev and Pavel Podvig, Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, September 20, 2002)
- Counterforce Potential Of Conventional Precision Guided Weapons, Presentation at the 1st International Professional Meeting of Independent Technical Security Analysts, Chicago, IL, July 23-24, 2002 -- slides
- Needless Obligations. Why Does Russia Want A Treaty With No Substance?, (co-authors: Anatoli Diakov, Timur Kadyshev and Pavel Podvig, Izvestia, March 18, 2002, p. 4)
2001
- No Breakthrough on Strategic Reductions at the Summit, (Gazeta.Ru, November 15, 2001)
- President Bush's Nuclear Arithmetic, - in Russian, (Izvestia, November 12, 2001)
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- Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, (edited by Pavel Podvig, MIT Press, November 2001)
- U.S.-Russian Relations in Nuclear Arms Reductions: Current State and Prospects, (ed. by Anatoli Diakov, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, Dolgoprudny, 52 pages, July 17, 2001). Complete report in Russian is available in PDF format, (350 Kb). See also a transcript of the press conference held on July 3rd, 2001 at the National Press Development Institute, - in Russian
- Russian Perceptions of US-Russian Security Relations and Responses to NMD, (Presentation at the conference “Moving Beyond Missile Defense”, Santa Barbara, CA, March 19 - 21, 2001)
- Precision-Guided Weapons and START III. How Do Precision-Guided Weapons Affect Strategic Balance?, - in Russian, (Yadernaya Bezopasnost', N 44-45, January-February, 2001)
2000
- Precision Guided Weapons and Strategic Balance, (Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, November, 2000, 43 pages; ill.), see also START III and Precision Guided Weapons, - in Russian, (transcript of the press-conference at the National Press Institute, November 22, 2000)
- START III: Opportunities and Consequences for Nuclear Disarmament, presentation at the panel "Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Convention. Legal, Political, and Technical Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament", May 9, 2000, United Nations, New York, NY)
- High Precision Missiles Replace Nukes, - in Russian, (co-author: Anatoli Diakov), Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, N 4, February 4-10, 2000, p.6)
1999
- Myths And Facts About "Smart" Bombs And Missiles, (in Russian), a comment to the article in Interfax-Vremya (July 9, 1999, p. 5)
- NATO Expansion And The Process Of Nuclear Reductions, (co-authors: Anatoli Diakov, Timur Kadyshev and Pavel Podvig) presentation at the conference "NATO Movement To The East - Security Problems For Russia And The CIS States", (St. Petersburg, April 28-29, 1999)
- On Submarine Accidents, (in Russian), comments in an answer to the publication in weekly "Sobesednik" (N 13, April 8, 1999)
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1998
- Sea Based Strategic Nuclear Forces (In Russian Strategic Nuclear Weapons / Ed. by Pavel Podvig - Moscow, IzdAT, 1998, pp. 204-290).
- Breaking the Deadlock: Confidence Building Measures Can Speed Up the Process of Nuclear Disarmament (co-author: Anatoli Diakov), Nezavisimaya Gazeta - Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye (NG-NVO), September 11-17, 1998, pp.1,4
- START II Treaty Discussion in the World Wide Web. Further Developments - in Russian, (presentation at the 5-th Pugwash Workshop on "The Future of the Nuclear Complexes of Russia and the USA", Moscow, July 14-16, 1998)
- Role of Submarines in Sea Conflicts, - in Russian (Nezavisimaya Gazeta - Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye (NG-NVO), N 24, July 3-9, 1998, p.4)
- START II Treaty Discussion in the World Wide Web - in Russian, (presentation at the International Conference on Information Technology, Security, and Conflict Resolution, organized by the Center for Political and International Studies, Moscow, April 28-30, 1998)
- What START III Could Correspond to Russian Interests? (presentation at the conference "The Future of Russian-U.S. Strategic Arms Reductions: START III and Beyond", Cambridge, MA, USA, February 2-6, 1998).
1997
- Nuclear Arms Reduction. The Process and Problems. (co-authors: V.S. Belous, A.S. Diakov, T.T. Kadyshev, P.L. Podvig) / Ed. by A.S. Diakov, The Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT, Dolgoprudny, 1997.
- Nuclear Submarine Disposal -in Russian (co-authors: A.S. Diakov, V.K. Korobov; Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye # 20, June 7-13, 1997, p. 6)
- Nuclear Powered Submarine Inactivation and Disposal in the U.S. and Russia: A Comparative Analysis (co-authors: A.S. Diakov, V.K. Korobov); Proceedings of the International Conference "Radioactive Waste. Storage, Transportation, Recycling. Environment and Human Impact." October 14-18, 1996., St-Petersburg, Russia. In Problems of Material Science, Issue 2 (8), 1997, pp.37-44)
1996
- Is START 3 Possible? -in Russian (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, September 12, 1996)
- Problems of START 2 Treaty Ratification in Russia. Is START 3 Possible? ( INESAP Information Bulletin #10, August 1996, pp. 15-17)
- Future of Russia's Strategic Sea Based Forces, - in Russian, (Morye (The Sea), # 3, 1996, pp. 66-69)
- Military Nuclear Powered Ships (In Nuclear Encyclopedia / Ed. by A.A. Yaroshinskaya, Yaroshinskaya Charitable Fund, Moscow, 1996, pp.148-159)
1995
- Future of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces: Discussions and Arguments, (Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, Dolgoprudny, 1995)
- Russian Sea Based Strategic Forces: Current Problems and Prospects. (In Beyond the NPT: A Nuclear Free World. Preliminary Findings of the Study Group "Beyond the NPT", April, 1995. pp. 57-58)
- Restricting Submarines (In Beyond the NPT: A Nuclear Free World. Preliminary Findings of the Study Group "Beyond the NPT", April, 1995. pp. 132-133)
1993-94
- Find and Destroy! - in Russian, (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, October 25, 1994, p. 4)
- Russia's Strategic Ballistic Missile Submarines: Security from Detection, (Military Journal, Postfactum Analytical Series, # 21, 1994, pp.5-7)
- Can Russian Submarines Survive at Sea? The Fundamental Limits of Passive Acoustics, (Science and Global Security, 1994, v. 4, pp. 213-251) - (PDF, 4.58 Mb)
- Submarine Collision off Murmansk: A Look from Afar. (DACS Breakthroughs, M.I.T., Winter 92/93, v. 2, # 2, pp 19-24; reprinted in The Submarine Review, April, 1993, pp. 6-14)