Nikolai Sokov

Senior Fellow

[email protected]
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

• START Follow on Treaty: Deadlines and Deadlocks
  Prospects for a new strategic arms control agreement may be hampered by domestic politics in both countries.
• Nuclear Doctrines in the Post-Post Cold War System
  Since the late 1990s, a fresh interest in nuclear weapons has emerged, an interest many thought would diminish or disappear after the Cold War.
• Four Emerging Issues in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: Opportunities for German Leadership
  A major study by CNS addresses four emerging issues in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation where Germany can contribute significantly.
• Obama’s Moscow Visit Highlights Progress and Obstacles
  Obama and Medvedev agreed on a framework to guide their negotiators in a new strategic arms agreement.
• The Iran Counter-Proliferation Act
  The likely impact of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, in light of the Bush Administration’s tightened sanctions against Iran.
• Russia Tests Two New Missiles on the Same Day
  Russia’s tests were advertised as a response to Eastern European missile defense, but are they?
• [RUSSIAN] The Process of Nuclear Arms Reduction and Arms Control in US-Russian Relations
  A monograph published in Russia by A. Dyakov, Yevgeni Myasnikov, and Nikolai Sokov.
• Russian’s White Paper on WMD Nonproliferation
  A detailed overview of Russia’s nonproliferation policy and initiatives.
• The Prospects of Russian Mediation of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
  Attempts, constraints and prospects of Russia’s policy.
• The Future of Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Force Clarified
  New land mobility systems could require an amendment to the Start I treaty.

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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).