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Authors: Vladimir Annenkov, Professor, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation, Doctor of Science (Military Sciences);
Leonid Kononov, Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Civil Service;
Yuri Fokine, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
IN RECENT DECADES, globalization
processes have affected many spheres of human
activity, including the nuclear sphere.
The evolution of the nuclear world has changed
the structure of global nuclear threats. The previ-
ously dominant threat of the outbreak of a world
nuclear war has significantly diminished, receding
to a lower risk category. At present, center stage
has been taken by nuclear threats that until recently were regarded as potential threats.
At present, the aforementioned new nuclear threats have essentially not affected the format
of international cooperation in the nuclear sphere. The array of international cooperation
measures has proved clearly insufficient for putting in place effective barriers to contem-
porary global nuclear challenges.
Current global nuclear threats require an upgrading of the existing model of international
nuclear relations.
THE PROBLEM is that persons involved in the decision-making process regarding global
nuclear issues have received their education mainly at national colleges and universities,
where training is based on a national approach toward ensuring safety. Practically, not a
single college or university in the world trains international specialists with a supranational
perspective on global nuclear problems. As a result of this, the thinking of modern political
and military elites in different countries is dominated by narrowly empirical perceptions
of the nuclear world, which are often not based in reality. This creates a barrier of mutual
misunderstanding between representatives of different countries, which has a destructive
impact on international nuclear relations and the nuclear policy of modern states.
The creation of a communicative scientific environment is also an indispensable precon-
dition for the evolution of a single scientific space in the nuclear sphere. There is a need
for regular international forums, conferences, workshops, seminars, and roundtables on
global nuclear issues, as well as for the implementation of joint research projects and in-
ternational exchanges of scientists.
Prospects for International Nuclear Cooperation