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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. Dr. Sokov has published extensively
on international security and arms control. He
is the author of Russian Strategic Modernization: Past
and Future (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield,
2000), co-author and co-editor of the first Russian-language
college-level textbook on nuclear nonproliferation
(Yadernoe Nerasprostranenie, Vol.I-II, PIR Center,
1st Ed., 2000, 2nd Ed., 2002), and several monographs.
Dr. Sokov graduated from Moscow State University in
1981 and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan
and the Soviet equivalent of a Ph.D. Candidate of
Historical Sciences degree from the Institute of World
Economy and International Relations.
RICHARD WEITZ is Senior Fellow and Director of
the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson
Institute. His current research includes regional security
developments relating to Europe, Eurasia, and
East Asia as well as U.S. foreign, defense, and homeland
security policies. Dr. Weitz is also a non-resident
Senior Advisor at the Project on National Security Reform
(PNSR), where he oversees case study research.
He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a
New American Security (CNAS), where he contributes
to various defense projects. Dr. Weitz has published or
edited several books and monographs, including The
Russian Military Today and Tomorrow (2010); Global Security
Watch-Russia (2009); a volume of National Security
Case Studies (2008); China-Russia Security Relations
(2008); Kazakhstan and the New International Politics of
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