Does Ukrainian crisis affect the NPT Regime?

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Published: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 21:56

On 28 August, 2015 Odessa Center for Nonproliferation will host the experts’ round-table on the current challenges to the Nonproliferation regime which will be held on Friday 28 August, 2015 at 11.00 in Odessa Center for Nonproliferation.

ROUNDTABLE

ROUNDTABLE “UKRAINIAN CRISIS – IS THERE ANY INFLUENCE OVER THE NPT REGIME?”

Odessa Center for Nonproliferation
Odessa Mechnikov National University

11:00-11:15 - Opening remarks

Polina Sinovets, Director, Odessa Center for Nonproliferation

Lars van Dassen, Head, Office for International Relations, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

11:15-13:30 - Ukrainian crisis as the main challenge for NPT

Questions to be discussed

  • Russia’s role in reviving nuclear deterrence
  • Tactical nuclear weapons in Europe: issues of NPT compliance
  • Ukrainian case and its negative implicationsfor NPT regime
  • Consequences of the Ukrainian crisis and the Budapest Memorandum failure for mid- and long-term future of the NPT regime
  • How to minimize negative influence of the Ukrainian crisis for the Nonproliferation regime?
  • Potential role of Ukraine in verification of nuclear disarmament

Participants:

Alexander Cheban, Odessa Center for Nonproliferation, Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

Lars van Dassen, Office for International Relations, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, Sweden

Volodymyr Dunev, PhD Student,Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

Sergii Galaka, Institute of International Relations, Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine

Sergii Glebov, Department of International Relations, Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

Oleksii Izhak, Dnepropetrovsk Regional Branch, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine

Tomas Jonter, Professor in Economic History at Department of Economic History, Stockholm University, Sweden

Denys Kuzmin, Center for International Studies, Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

Vladlen Makoukh, political analyst, Ukraine

Iryna Maksymenko, Department of International Relations, Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

Grigory Perepelitsa, Institute of Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

Hanna Shelest, Head of the Board, NGO Promotion of Intercultural Cooperation, Ukraine

Polina Sinovets, Odessa Center for Nonproliferation, Department of International Relations, Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine

Pavel Tishakov, Founder & Project Manager, Nordisk Sikkerhet AS, Norway

Students of VI Odessa Summer School