The Moscow Summit: Prospects for Restoring the U.S.-Russian Partnership
When Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev meet in Moscow from July 6 through 8, their conversations are expected to focus heavily on arms control issues: cuts to both countries’ strategic nuclear arsenals, the extension of the START treaty (which expires at the end of this year) and the more contentious missile defense issues. Also on their agenda are the situation in Afghanistan, and potential nuclear threats posed by Iran and North Korea.
The following Ploughshares Fund grantees and board members have specialized expertise on arms control issues with respect to Russia and are available to provide expert information and analysis:
Joseph Cirincione
President, Ploughshares Fund
Telephone: 202.783.4401
jcirincione@ploughshares.org
Gloria Duffy
Ploughshares Fund Board Member
President, Commonwealth Club of California
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Telephone: 415.597.6721
gduffy@commonwealthclub.org
David Holloway
Ploughshares Fund Board Member
Professor of International History and Political Science, Stanford University
Telephone: 650.723.1737
David.Holloway@stanford.edu
Daryl Kimball
Executive Director, Arms Control Association
Telephone: 202.463.8270 x107
dkimball@armscontrol.org
John Isaacs
President, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Telephone: 202.546.0795 x131
jdi@armscontrolcenter.org
Hans Kristensen
Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
Telephone: 202.454.4695
hkristensen@fas.org
Vladimir Orlov
Director, PIR Center for Policy Studies, Moscow
Telephone: +7.095.234.05.25
orlov@pircenter.org
William Potter
Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International
Studies
Telephone: 831.647.4154
wpotter@miis.edu
Paul Walker
Director, Legacy Project, Global Green USA
Telephone: 202.222.0700
pwalker@globalgreen.org
For further information, please refer to some of the following resources:
Background Briefing for Reporters: The START Follow-On Agreement and Beyond, Arms Control Association
START Resource Center, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Briefing on U.S.-Russian Nuclear Forces, Federation of American Scientists