On March 10, at 17:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion dedicated to the 52nd anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), titled “NPT in the 21st Century: Is the World on the Eve of a Nuclear War?”
Speakers:
Igor Vishnevetsky, Deputy Director, Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Russian Foreign Ministry;
Anton Khlopkov, director of the Centre for Energy and Security;
Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, and Director of the Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative;
Rakesh Sood, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament (2013-2014), Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament (2001-04), Ambassador to Afghanistan (2005-08), Ambassador to Nepal (2008-11), Ambassador to France (2011-13), Special Envoy of the Prime Minister for Disarmament and Non-proliferation (2013-14);
Kayhan Barzegar, Director of the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran.