Senior Fellow
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Vienna, Austria
Background
Beginning in 1981, Dr. Nikolai Sokov worked at the Institute of US and Canadian Studies and the Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow. From 1987-92 he worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union and later Russia, and participated in START I and START II negotiations as well as in a number of summit and ministerial meetings.
He has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and provide briefings to many organizations and governmental agencies, including:
- US Department of State
- US Department of Defense
- US Department of Energy
- Various committees of US Congress
- US national laboratories
- UK Defense Academy
- International Institute for Strategic Studies
- Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique
- Tomsk Polytechnical University
Education
Dr. Nikolai N. Sokov has a PhD from the University of Michigan (1996) and (the Soviet equivalent of a PhD) Candidate of Historical Sciences degree from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (1986). He graduated from Moscow State University in 1981.
CNS Work
- Once and Future Partners: The History of US-Soviet Nonproliferation Cooperation and Its Relevance Today
VIDEO: On May 10, 2018, CNS held a seminar with Nikolai Sokov, Sarah Bidgood, and Paul Warnke. - The Kim-Trump Summit Is Set. What Can We Expect?
An unprecedented summit requires unparalleled analysis. - New START Expires in 3 Years. And Nobody Knows What Comes Next.
It is almost inconceivable that the United States and Russia will conclude a new treaty in the remaining three years of New START’s life. - The Russification of US Deterrence PolicyAfter a quarter-century monopoly on such capabilities, the United States finds itself essentially in the same predicament that the Russians or Chinese have faced since the end of the Cold War.
- Are Arms Control Agreements Losing Their Value?
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty seems to be dying and no replacement is in sight. - Violating Treaty to Punish Russia Has Major Consequences
The proposed congressional action risks opening a Pandora’s Box of issues that are far more fundamental than the INF Treaty. - US-Soviet Cooperation for Nonproliferation: Several Case Studies with Implications for Today
VIDEO: Seminar with speakers Nikolai Sokov, Sarah Bidgood, and Adlan Margoev - President-Elect Trump Calls to “Strengthen and Expand” US Nuclear Capability
CNS experts available for comment. - A Non-Ideological Reframing of the US-Russian Arms-Control Agenda
The disappearance of US superiority in non-nuclear capabilities should be the impetus for a return to traditional arms-control in US-Russia relations. - NATO Meets in Warsaw
PODCAST: Nikolai Sokov speaks with CSIS’ “Russian Roulette” about European security, Russian foreign policy, and the Middle East.
Bibliography
Dr. Nikolai N. Sokov is the author or co-author of several monographs, including:
- Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence (2010)
- Reducing and Regulating Tactical (Nonstrategic) Nuclear Weapons in Europe (2009)
- Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament (2009)
- Evolution of Nuclear Strategy in U.S. and Russia and its Implications for Arms Control (2003)
- Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options for Control (2000)
- Russian Strategic Modernization: Past and Future (2000)
- Russian Policy Toward the Baltics: What the West Can Expect and What It Could Do (1999)
He is also co-author and co-editor of the first Russian-language college-level textbook on nuclear nonproliferation (Yadernoe Nerasprostranenie, Vol.I-II, PIR Center, 1st edition 2000, 2nd edition 2002).
