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Commentary

When the cornerstone cracks: the NPT and the future of the global nuclear order

After 16 years without a consensus final document, write Carmen Wunderlich and Leonardo Bandarra, the challenge facing the NPT is less about disagreement on specific issues than about growing doubts over the role and value of the review process within an increasingly complex nuclear order, and amid geopolitical shifts and the renewed prominence of nuclear deterrence in global security policy.

3 June 2026 | Carmen Wunderlich and Leonardo Bandarra
Multilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPTNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsUnited Nations
Commentary

The Western Balkans cannot remain Europe’s strategic grey zone

The upcoming EU-Western Balkans Summit in Montenegro will test whether the European Union can turn geopolitical urgency into credible enlargement policy, writes Serbian politician and diplomat Goran Svilanović. He contends that integrating the Western Balkans is now a strategic necessity amid great power competition and growing uncertainty in transatlantic relations.

27 May 2026 | Goran Svilanović
Euro-Atlantic SecurityBalkansEUEuropeForeign policy
Podcast

The Women Leaders podcast: The new context in Ukraine 2026

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags on and battlefield realities continue to evolve, ELN Senior Associate Fellow Ilana Bet-El is joined by Hanna Shelest and Yuliia Shaipova from Ukrainian Prism to examine the growing toll the war is taking on Russia and how Ukraine has continued to innovate in the face of Russian attacks.

22 May 2026 | Ilana Bet-El and Florence Ferrando
Russia-WestEuropean Security and RussiaEastern EuropeEUHybrid warfareMiddle EastPodcastsRussiaRussia-West RelationsUkraine
Commentary

Why the NPT and TPNW must work together to prevent nuclear insecurity

At a time of heightened nuclear risk, the credibility of the non-proliferation regime increasingly depends not on treating the NPT and TPNW as rival models, but on finding ways for them to function in a mutually reinforcing way. As Simabatu Mayele Sims Nono writes, reshaping the NPT-TPNW relationship can turn it from a source of fragmentation into a lever for stabilisation.

18 May 2026 | Simabatu Mayele Sims Nono
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsUnited Nations
Commentary

ELN reflections: 2026 NPT Review Conference

Amid mounting geopolitical tensions and deepening scepticism about multilateral diplomacy, diplomats, experts, and civil society representatives are gathering in New York for the 2026 NPT Review Conference to confront growing divisions over disarmament and non-proliferation. In these reflections, ELN staff who attended the RevCon examine the mounting risks facing the global nuclear order, and consider what they reveal about the future of the NPT regime.

13 May 2026 | Oliver Meier, Jana Baldus, Sophie Taylor and Nikita Gryazin
Network ReflectionsNPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectDiplomacyForeign policyNPTNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsUnited Nations
Podcast

The Women Leaders podcast: Hungary and the defeat of illiberal democracy

With the Tisza party taking office in Hungary, attention has turned to how this victory was achieved – not as an abstract political question, but through the lived experiences of Hungarians who opposed Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy and came together to defeat it. Eva Cartwright and Flora Hevesi, two such activists, join us for a dynamic and heartfelt conversation exploring what life under Fidesz really meant in Hungary’s cities and villages, and how victory was finally achieved.

8 May 2026 | Ilana Bet-El and Florence Ferrando
Central EuropeDemocracyEuropeHungaryPodcasts
Commentary

Reflections on the JCPOA: why it worked and why it matters now

On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, former European Commission Vice-President Catherine Ashton reflects on the diplomacy behind the landmark JCPOA agreement, why it worked, and what its collapse means today. Ashton argues that collective leadership and renewed European engagement remain essential to securing long-term regional stability.

8 May 2026 | Catherine Ashton
IranNPTIranMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationArms ControlDiplomacyIranJCPOAMiddle EastNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentUnited NationsUnited States
Commentary

Understanding Hungary’s political earthquake and the rise of Péter Magyar

Balázs Csuday writes that Péter Magyar’s landslide victory has upended Hungary’s political order, opening the door to constitutional conflict, institutional upheaval, and a major foreign policy reset after 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule. The result could reshape Hungary’s relationship with the European Union and reverberate across Europe’s populist right.

7 May 2026 | Balázs Csuday
European Security and RussiaCentral EuropeDemocracyEUEuropeForeign policyHungary
Commentary

Is this the end of automatic Atlanticism in Germany?

Germany is entering a new era in its relationship with the United States. The old Atlanticist reflex has not disappeared, however it no longer reflects the instincts of the next generation of senior officials. For them, the moral clarity of the Cold War is not the starting point. It is an era of disruption, doubt, and strategic volatility. Berlin should take this into account, writes Vincent Tadday. The future of the transatlantic relationship will not be secured by waiting for the past to return.

5 May 2026 | Vincent Tadday
Euro-Atlantic SecurityEuropeForeign policyGermanyNATOTransatlantic relationsUnited States