The European Leadership Network regularly hosts and participates in timely, policy-relevant events. These range from private seminars with policymakers to larger conferences to inform and shape policy.
Join the ELN at the 2024 PrepCom for two side events tackling the role and salience of nuclear weapons and guardrails for emerging and disruptive technologies
On 10th-11th April 2024, the ELN convened a group of diverse experts for a workshop at the German Federal Foreign Office to consider the core ingredients of a guardrails and checklist framework that will help policymakers anticipate and address challenges arising from Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs) and their aggregate effects on nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) and nuclear weapons decision-making.
The VCDNP and the European Leadership Network (ELN) hosted a public hybrid event on the ELN report “AI and nuclear command, control and communications: P5 perspectives” to explore the risks of AI in nuclear decision-making.
Planned activities for the 2024 Munich Security Conference, including a side event with US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
On 28-29 November 2023, the ELN convened a workshop to identify the risks posed by the aggregate effects of emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) on nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3).
Members of the NEVER network convened on Wednesday, the first of November, 2023, for a discussion of the existential risks stemming from biological risks, with presentations from ELN Senior Network member, Angela Kane, and NEVER member, Rebecca Donaldson.
In June, the Contact Group convened for a two-day in-person meeting in Istanbul to discuss the future of the Group and exchange views on the state of, and prospects for, Russia-West relations.
From the 26th-29th of June, the Younger Generation Leaders Network (YGLN) met in Vienna for their annual gathering. Over the course of the week, YGLN members met with various international organisations and diplomatic missions, fostered insightful discussions, and were able to network and collaborate with one another. Read the commentary for a full account of the annual gathering.
Members of the NEVER network convened on Thursday, the 24th of August, to discuss climate change, climate change governance, and the role of great power competition in aggravating this existential risk, with NEVER coordinator, Edan Simpson, chairing the meeting.