MTA Seminar with Dmitry Stefanovich

About

We welcome you to join us for the weekly MTA seminar with Dmitry Stefanovich.

Harvard and local affiliates are welcome to join us the One Brattle Building, room 401. All others are welcome to join via Zoom (registration link here).

Dmitry will present:

Hypersonic Weapons, Missile Defense and US-RUSSIA Strategic Stability

A brief story on how misperceptions and lack of dialogue leads to destabilizing effects between great powers.
Every shield can get its very own sword, and every sword will fuel (re)search for a better shield, but perceived total offensive and defensive capabilities matter in the end. Relations between Moscow and Washington are in abysmal state even without explicit link to the strategic weapons, but those still matter both for future re-engagement and for possible nuclear apocalypse. Discussion of strategic effects should help both to increase the
likelihood of future agreements and reduce nuclear risks.

*Please note that use of information or any audio or video recording from the seminar by media outlets is by permission only. Please reach out to atom@hks.harvard.edu

Speaker

Dmitry Stefanovich is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS), member of the PIR Center Advisory Board, expert at the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Valdai Club. A member of the P5 Young Professionals Network.

Dmitry Stefanovich graduated (with honors) from the Institute of International Relations at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (NRNU MEPhI) with a specialist degree in International Relations. In 2019 he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Arms Control and Emerging Technologies program.

Dmitry is a participant of several Track II and Track 1.5 dialogues, as well as other international projects. He is an author of numerous publications for academic journals, think tanks and media. His research interests include strategic weapons, long-range precision weapons, hypersonic weapons, space weaponization, disruptive technologies and their impact on international security and strategic stability, arms control, regional security.

Recent publications:

− The Nuclear Five: State of Affairs and Prospects for the Russian Chairmanship, Valdai Club, 30.08.2023, https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-nuclear-five-state-of-affairs-and-prospects/

− Missile Defense and the Strategic Relationship among the United States, Russia, and China, Cambridge, Mass.: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2023, https://www.amacad.org/publication/missile-defense-and-strategic-relationship-among-united-states-russia-and-china (w/ Tong Zhao)

− Global Missile Proliferation: Challenges and Solutions. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 92 (Suppl 4), S293–S300 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331622100057 (w/ Bogdanov K.)

− Space as a Competition Domain: Threats and Opportunities. Journal of International Analytics. 2022;13(2):95-106. https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2022-13-2-95-106 (w/ Porras D.)

− International Cooperation in Space Activities amid Great Power Competition. Russia in Global Affairs, 19(4), pp. 97-117. DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2021-19-4-97-117 (w/ Pankova, L.V.; Gusarova, O.V.)

− Proliferation and threats of reconnaissance-strike systems: a Russian perspective, The Nonproliferation Review, 27:1-3, 97-107, DOI: 10.1080/10736700.2020.1795370