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In 2002
The Ural Nonproliferation Group (UNG) started education and research in the areas of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament in cooperation with PIR Center (Russia), the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (Monterey, the USA).
It is housed in the Resource Center created within the scope of the TEMPUS project "Human Security (environment, quality of food, public health, and society) on territories contaminated by radioactive agents".
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Our mission is to disseminate impartial nuclear policy analysis and promote awareness of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament by training the next generation of IR specialists proficient in nuclear weapons-related issues.
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Ekaterina Mikhaylenko
Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, Ural Federal University. PhD in History
Valery Mikhaylenko
Professor at the Department of International Relations, Ural Federal University. Doctor of Historical Sciences
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Ekaterina Lapanovich
Research Engineer at the Department of International Relations, Ural Federal University. PhD Candidate in History
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Kamran Guseinov
PhD Candidate in Political Science. Graduated cum laude in International Relations, Ural Federal University
Igor Adami
PhD Student of historical sciences, Ural Federal University
Elena Sinitsyna
PhD Student at the Department of International Relations, Ural Federal University
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Fedor Zolotarev
PhD Student, St Petersburg University. PhD Fellow at the Centre for German and European Studies (CGES)
Ekaterina Poriadina
Master`s Student of "Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management", UrFU. Memeber of the CTBTO Youth Group
Ksenia Mineeva
Master`s Student of "Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management", UrFU. Intern in PIR Center
Tatiana Iazdanova
Master`s Student of "Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management", UrFU
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Ekaterina Mikhaylenko gave an interview to PIR Center about UN Resolution 77/51
E. Poryadina & K. Mineeva took part in the New Generation Experts Segment of the 2022 MNC
E. Mikhaylenko, E. Lapanovich, E. Poryadina, K. Mineeva took part in the 2022 MNC
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620083 Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Room 360, 4 Turgeneva St
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Mikhaylenko E. Ot politiki ubezhdeniya k diplomatii: uroki mezhdunarodnoj kampanii po zapreshcheniyu yadernogo oruzhiya [From Advocacy to Diplomacy the Case of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons] / E. Mikhaylenko // International Trends. 2022. Vol. 20. № 1 (68). P. 55-79. DOI: 10.17994/IT.2022.20.1.68.5. (In Russian).
Mikhaylenko E.B., Degtyaryov N.S. Evolyuciya idei zapreshcheniya yadernogo oruzhiya v kontekste rezhima yadernogo nerasprostraneniya [The Evolution of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Idea in the Context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime] / E.B. Mikhaylenko, N.S. Degtyaryov // Tomsk State University Journal of History. 2019. № 62. P. 115-127. DOI: 10.17223/19988613/62/14. (In Russian).
Mikhaylenko E.B., Degtyaryov N.S. Evolyuciya idei zapreshcheniya yadernogo oruzhiya v kontekste rezhima yadernogo nerasprostraneniya [The Evolution of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Idea in the Context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime] / E.B. Mikhaylenko, N.S. Degtyaryov // Tomsk State University Journal of History. 2019. № 62. P. 115-127. DOI: 10.17223/19988613/62/14. (In Russian)
Mikhaylenko E.B., Adami I.M. Coping with the changing world order: The case of Russia / E.B. Mikhaylenko, I.M. Adami // Revisiting Regionalism and the Contemporary World Order : Perspectives from the BRICS and beyond. Opladen; Berlin; Toronto : Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2019. P. 157-177.
Dogovor o zapreshchenii yadernogo oruzhiya: formirovanie novogo rezhima? [Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Formation of a New Regime?] / Ed. by E.B. Mikhaylenko. Ekaterinburg: Izdatel'stvo Ural'skogo universiteta, 2020. 180 p. (In Russian).
Mikhaylenko E. Why does Russia not support the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons? / E. Mikhaylenko // Nuclear Russia: International and Domestic Agendas / Ed. by A. Pavlov, L. Deriglazova. Tomsk : Tomsk University Press, 2020. P. 111-128.
Mikhaylenko E.B., Poriadina E.S. Rol' Dvizheniya neprisoedineniya v ramkah peregovornogo processa DNYAO [The Non-Aligned Movement and the NPT Review Process] / E.B. Mikhaylenko, E.S. Poriadina // MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2022. Vol. 15. № 3. P. 98-114. DOI: 10.24833/2071-8160-2022-3-84-98-114. (In Russian).
Mikhaylenko E.B., Poriadina E.S. Rol' Dvizheniya neprisoedineniya v ramkah peregovornogo processa DNYAO [The Non-Aligned Movement and the NPT Review Process] / E.B. Mikhaylenko, E.S. Poriadina // MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2022. Vol. 15. № 3. P. 98-114. DOI: 10.24833/2071-8160-2022-3-84-98-114. (In Russian).
Mikhaylenko E. Ot politiki ubezhdeniya k diplomatii: uroki mezhdunarodnoj kampanii po zapreshcheniyu yadernogo oruzhiya [From Advocacy to Diplomacy the Case of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons] / E. Mikhaylenko // International Trends. 2022. Vol. 20. № 1 (68). P. 55-79. DOI: 10.17994/IT.2022.20.1.68.5. (In Russian).
Publications
Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Order, Regionalization.
Expertise
She was a part of the UrFU’s Team, which participated in the NPT PrepComs.
In 2018 & 2019
Took part in the CTBTO’s Science and Technology Conferences.
In 2015, 2017 & 2019
Organized e-learning course together with CTBTO Team "Multilateral Verification, Collective Security: Contribution of the CTBT" at the Ural Federal University.
Took part in the CTBTO’s Seminar "Engaging the Experts; Training the Trainers: A Seminar on CTBT Education in the 21st Century", in the CTBTO’s online course "Intensive Policy Course" and the CTBTO Academic Forum.
In 2013
Participated in the CNS Fellowship (Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, USA).
In 2011
Besides teaching Ekaterina Mikhaylenko also supervises students’ scientific activity on the issues of nonproliferation: history of nonproliferation regime, regional aspects of nonproliferation. Has more than 20 publications, published both in English and Russian, on the NPT negotiation process.
Ekaterina Mikhaylenko is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Ural Federal University. Teaching courses: "Introduction into Nonproliferation", "The Main Aspects of Global Security" and "National Security of the Russian Federation".
ekamikhaylenko@gmail.com
Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at the Ural Federal University. PhD in History
Ekaterina Mikhaylenko
Dogovor o zapreshchenii yadernogo oruzhiya: formirovanie novogo rezhima? [Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Formation of a New Regime?] / Ed. by E.B. Mikhaylenko. Ekaterinburg: Izdatel'stvo Ural'skogo universiteta, 2020. 180 p. (In Russian).
Guseinov K. Pochemu nevozmozhen franczuzskij "yadernyj nol`"? [Why French "Nuclear Zero" is Impossible?] / K. Guseinov // Izvestia. Ural Federal University Journal. Series 3: Social and Political Sciences. 2019. Vol. 14. № 3 (191). P. 185-193. (In Russian).
Guseinov K. Dogovor o zapreshhenii yadernogo oruzhiya i perspektivy franczuzskogo "yadernogo nolya" [The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Perspective of French "Nuclear Zero"] / K. Guseinov // Izvestia. Ural Federal University Journal. Series 3: Social and Political Sciences. 2019. Vol. 14. № 1 (185). P. 128-139. (In Russian).
Guseinov K. Dogovor o zapreshhenii yadernogo oruzhiya i perspektivy franczuzskogo "yadernogo nolya" [The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Perspective of French "Nuclear Zero"] / K. Guseinov // Izvestia. Ural Federal University Journal. Series 3: Social and Political Sciences. 2019. Vol. 14. № 1 (185). P. 128-139. (In Russian).
Guseinov K. Franczuzskie inicziativy v oblasti oborony i bezopasnosti Evropejskogo soyuza [French Initiatives in the Field of EU Security and Defense] / K. Guseinov // Sovremennaya Evropa. 2020. Vol. 95. № 2. P. 205-211. DOI: 10.15211/SOVEUROPE22020205211. (In Russian).
Publications
Nuclear Nonproliferation, EU Common Security and Defense Policy, French Foreign Policy.
Expertise
Kamran Guseinov participated in a number of conferences and scientific events, organized by PIR Center, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM), International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP). Kamran participated in an exchange program with Masaryk University. Prize winner of the contest organized by Association of European Studies with the support of Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.
Kamran Guseinov is PhD candidate in Political Science. Graduated cum laude in International Relations (Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management) at the Ural Federal University.
kamran.gusseinov@gmail.com
PhD candidate in Political Science. Graduated cum laude in International relations at the Ural Federal University
Kamran Guseinov
Mikhaylenko E.B., Adami I.M. Coping with the changing world order: The case of Russia / E.B. Mikhaylenko, I.M. Adami // Revisiting Regionalism and the Contemporary World Order : Perspectives from the BRICS and beyond. Opladen; Berlin; Toronto : Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2019. P. 157-177.
Dogovor o zapreshchenii yadernogo oruzhiya: formirovanie novogo rezhima? [Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Formation of a New Regime?] / Ed. by E.B. Mikhaylenko. Ekaterinburg: Izdatel'stvo Ural'skogo universiteta, 2020. 180 p. (In Russian).
Publications
IR theories, Discourse, Nuclear Nonprolferation.
Expertise
He has received a Masters’ degree in International Relations at the Ural Federal University.
In 2019
Igor Adami has received a Bachelor's degree in International Relations at UNIVALI (Brazil).
In 2016
Igor Adami is a PhD student of historical sciences at the Ural Federal University. His master's thesis was dedicated to the study of discourse in nuclear nonproliferation.
igor.adami@outlook.com
PhD student of historical sciences at the Ural Federal University
Igor Adami
Zoloratev F.E. Gorod Ekaterinburg kak global'nyj aktor v sovremennyh mezhdunarodnyh otnosheniyah [City of Yekaterinburg as a Global Actor in the Modern International Relations] / F.E. Zoloratev // Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science. 2021. № 15 (2). P. 71-81. DOI: 10.17072/2218-1067-2021-2-71-81. (In Russian).
Zoloratev F.E. Subnacional'nyj uroven' vneshnej politiki Rossii: analiz vneshnih svyazej subnacional'nyh aktorov [Subnational level of Russian foreign policy: analysis of subnational units` external relations] / F.E. Zoloratev // Vestnik of Moscow State Linguistic University. Social Sciences. 2022. № 2 (847). P. 33-42. DOI: 10.52070/2500-347X_2022_2_847_33. (In Russian).
Publications
Non-state actors in International Politics, Social Network Analysis, Cities, Regions, Paradiplomacy.
Expertise
Fedor Zolotarev holds B.A. and M.A. in both International Relations. He is a member of a Russian Association of Political Science research group in the field of global interregional cooperation. As part of the Erasmus+ exchange program, he studied at European Viadrina University, Frankfurt (Oder). He speaks English and German.
Fedor Zolotarev is a PhD Student of the programme "International Relations and Global Politics" at the St Petersburg University. Also he is a PhD Fellow at the Centre for German and European Studies (CGES).
fedor.zolotarev.ekb@gmail.com
PhD Student at the St Petersburg University. PhD Fellow at the Centre for German and European Studies (CGES)
Fedor Zolotarev
Poryadina E., Mineeva K., Zaryansky S. To be or not to be nuclear: a case-study of Japan / E. Poryadina, K. Mineeva, S. Zaryansky // PIR Center. 2021. URL: https://pircenter.org/en/editions/to-be-or-not-to-be-nuclear-a-case-study-of-japan/ (accessed: 08.01.2023).
Publications
Nuclear Nonproliferation, Nuclear Disarmament, the NPT, the CTBT, the TPNW, the Non-Aligned Movement.
Expertise
Conducted research and published a journal article “The Non-Aligned Movement and the NPT Review Process” in a MGIMO Review of International Relations.
In 2022
Took part in the II Odessa Winter School "Arms Control and Nonproliferation: from Basic to Advanced".
Became an active member of the network in her field of studies: she became a PIR Center member, and participated in the III International Timerbaev Nuclear Debates.
In 2021
Took part in a 2-day online conference "The NPT at 50: Challenges, Opportunities, and Russian National Interests" and published a chapter in a collective monography concerning the coalitions and regional groupings that work promoting TPNW.
In 2020
Ekaterina Poriadina graduated from Ural Federal University with bachelor’s degree in International Relations. Now Ekaterina is studying "Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management" in her Master's degree. Her research focuses on nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, the CTBT, and specifically the Non-Aligned Movement in the NPT Review Process.
ekaterina.poriadina@gmail.com
Master`s Student of "Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management" at the Ural Federal University. Memeber of the CTBTO Youth Group
Ekaterina Poriadina
Became an active member of the CTBTO Youth Group and won the CTBT-CENESS Research Fellowship 2022.
Took part in the 2022 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference (MNC) and the New Generation Experts Segment of the 2022 MNC.
Mikhaylenko E.B., Poriadina E.S. Rol' Dvizheniya neprisoedineniya v ramkah peregovornogo processa DNYAO [The Non-Aligned Movement and the NPT Review Process] / E.B. Mikhaylenko, E.S. Poriadina // MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2022. Vol. 15. № 3. P. 98-114. DOI: 10.24833/2071-8160-2022-3-84-98-114. (In Russian).
Mikhaylenko E.B., Poriadina E.S. Rol' Dvizheniya neprisoedineniya v ramkah peregovornogo processa DNYAO [The Non-Aligned Movement and the NPT Review Process] / E.B. Mikhaylenko, E.S. Poriadina // MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2022. Vol. 15. № 3. P. 98-114. DOI: 10.24833/2071-8160-2022-3-84-98-114. (In Russian).
Dogovor o zapreshchenii yadernogo oruzhiya: formirovanie novogo rezhima? [Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Formation of a New Regime?] / Ed. by E.B. Mikhaylenko. Ekaterinburg: Izdatel'stvo Ural'skogo universiteta, 2020. 180 p. (In Russian).
Ksenia Mineeva
Master`s Student of "Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management" at the Ural Federal University. Intern in PIR Center, Education & Training Program
mineeva.ks.al@gmail.com
Ksenia Mineeva is the 2nd-year Master`s Student of “Global and Regional Security and Conflict Management” at the Ural Federal University. In 2021, graduated with honors from the Department of International Relations of UrFU. Speaks English and Spanish.
In 2021
Took part in the international scientific-practical conference "The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, Present and Prospects".
In 2022
Expertise
Global and Regional Security, Nuclear Nonproliferation, NPT Review Process, the Establishment of WMDFZ in the Middle East, the Role of NGOs in the Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Process.
Publications
Mikhaylenko E., Mineeva K. Na puti k Desyatoj obzornoj konferencii DNYAO: steril'nyj format [Towards the X NPT Review Conference: Sterile Format] / E. Mikhaylenko, K. Mineeva // Russian International Affairs Council. 2021. URL: https://russiancouncil.ru/analytics-and-comments/analytics/na-puti-k-desyatoy-obzornoy-konferentsii-dnyao-sterilnyy-format/ (accessed: 08.01.2023). (In Russian).
Participated in the III International Timerbaev Nuclear Debates .
Took part in the international scientific conference "Ways and Countries: Civilizations of the East in Historical Dynamics".
Completed advanced training program "World Political Shifts through the Prism of New Theoretical Debates and Methods" at the MGIMO-RSHU Summer School.
Participated in the 2022 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference (MNC) and the New Generation Experts Segment of the 2022 MNC.
Mikhaylenko E., Mineeva K. Na puti k Desyatoj obzornoj konferencii DNYAO: steril'nyj format [Towards the X NPT Review Conference: Sterile Format] / E. Mikhaylenko, K. Mineeva // Russian International Affairs Council. 2021. URL: https://russiancouncil.ru/analytics-and-comments/analytics/na-puti-k-desyatoy-obzornoy-konferentsii-dnyao-sterilnyy-format/ (accessed: 08.01.2023). (In Russian).
Poryadina E., Mineeva K., Zaryansky S. To be or not to be nuclear: a case-study of Japan / E. Poryadina, K. Mineeva, S. Zaryansky // PIR Center. 2021. URL: https://pircenter.org/en/editions/to-be-or-not-to-be-nuclear-a-case-study-of-japan/ (accessed: 08.01.2023).
2022-2023
Intern in PIR Center, Education & Training Program.
Mineeva K. Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education Initiatives / K. Mineeva // PIR Center. 2023. URL: https://pircenter.org/en/editions/disarmament-and-nonproliferation-education-initiatives/ (accessed: 30.01.2023).