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Check out our podcasts, videos and press releases below.
Are we reliving the 1930s? Historian Marci Shore joins the Women Leaders Podcast to discuss Putin, America’s authoritarian turn, and the seductions of power.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Brenda Berkman, the first woman firefighter in the New York City Fire Department and a first responder at the World Trade Center, joins Ilana Bet-El to recount the harrowing reality of that day and the months that followed, reflecting on its lasting impact on responders and the often-overlooked role of women at Ground Zero.
In our latest episode, we explore how nuclear fail-safe reviews can reduce the risk of accidental, mistaken, or unauthorised nuclear use. Experts discuss national approaches to fail-safe, the tensions between secrecy and transparency, and the role of nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-weapon states in advancing nuclear risk reduction. Hosted by the ELN’s Deputy Executive Director, Bekki Field.
The ELN’s Ok, Doomer! podcast is back. Listen in to learn how emerging technologies are reshaping nuclear weapons policy. Experts discuss the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies, historical technological shifts, changing threat perceptions, and the importance of training military personnel to recognise AI-driven biases. Hosted by the ELN’s Deputy Executive Director, Bekki Field.
As summer unfolds across much of Europe and the US, war continues to devastate Ukraine and fuel instability across the Middle East. Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller joins ELN Senior Associate Fellow Ilana Bet-El to unpack the narratives behind Russia’s war against Ukraine, the legacy of the Cold War, and the strategic misunderstandings that shaped today’s security landscape.
On the eve of the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, ELN Senior Associate Fellow Ilana Bet-El is joined in conversation with Laurel Rapp, Director of the US and North America Programme at Chatham House, to discuss the US experiment and how recent developments across Greenland, Venezuela and Iran – as well as domestically – have altered global perceptions of the US.
In July, ELN's Policy and Impact Director Jane Kinninmont spoke to Strait Talk, the flagship news programme of TRT World in Turkey, on why Russia has withdrawn from the UN-brokered grain deal and what the implications are for food security and world politics.
The ELN is hosting a conference in London that launches an open-ended programme of work on strengthening Balkans security. The project aims to build a cross-party, cross-regional network that supports best practice in parliamentary oversight of security matters.
ELN Policy Fellow Julia Berghofer made a Bundestag statement on the establishment of a special fund (“Sondervermögen Bundeswehr”).
The ELN has licensed Adarga’s AI-driven software platform to more rapidly gain a comprehensive understanding of emerging threats buried within huge volumes of open-source information.
Sir, Two years ago in a letter to The Times (Dec 8, 2020) we drew to your attention recommendations from more than 100 high-level Russian, US and European experts for our governments on reducing Russia-Nato risks (letter, Dec 8, 2020). Had those recommendations been acted upon we might now be...
With the passing of Robert E. Berls, Jr., the YGLN and its members lost a valued mentor, friend, and role model. Bob Berls passed away on November 10, 2021. Bob Berls, who was a senior advisor for Russia and Eurasia at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, was one of the bright minds who brought...