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With the United States withholding its financial contribution to the OPCW, the organisation faces a funding crisis that threatens its vital work. Former Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü argues that the OPCW has repeatedly demonstrated its competence and ability to adapt to changing circumstances, and urges Washington and other states parties in arrears to fulfil their financial obligations.
Katia Glod, Deputy Head of Foreign Policy at NEST, joins ELN Senior Associate Fellow Ilana Bet-El to explore Belarus’s complex history, its growing dependence on Moscow, and the geopolitical pressures shaping its relations with Russia, Ukraine, Europe, and the United States.
Corporate executives and board members across Europe today have spent the majority of their careers in a post-Cold War world shaped by the spread of democracy, market capitalism, and globalisation. Until now. The rules of the global system have changed. As Nicholas Dungan argues, the private sector must live up to its new and growing responsibilities to contribute to Europe’s security.
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.
Thirty years ago, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) opened for signature. Despite its successes, the global norm against nuclear testing faces renewed pressure. The case for preserving the test-ban is not only about verification and strategic stability, but also about the lasting humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear explosions.
Three decades since the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) opened for signature, many of the legal frameworks underpinning Europe’s security have eroded. What can the test-ban regime teach us about building a new European security architecture? Kjølv Egeland argues that a new one must be designed before it can be built.
In our latest episode, we look at what the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has achieved over the past three decades, why it remains an important part of the global nuclear order despite never entering into force, and the challenges it faces today. Hosted by the ELN’s Deputy Executive Director Bekki Field and ELN Policy Fellow Dr Jana Baldus.
The IAEA’s annual General Conference meetings have grown successively more contentious in recent years. Geopolitical tensions outside the Agency are increasingly corroding the insulation around the IAEA’s technical work. Noah Mayhew asks: Is the “Vienna Spirit” dead? At the GC, it may not be dead, but it is certainly on life support – and the IAEA’s mission will ultimately bear the cost.
Russia’s upcoming Duma election will be the first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an unfavourable context, the Kremlin’s political managers have been highly active in sterilising the ballot. Anton Barbashin, Editorial Director of Riddle Russia, examines how these wartime elections are becoming a demonstration of support for the war and Putin’s continued rule.