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Strengthening parliamentary oversight of the security sector in the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans stands at a critical juncture as several states grapple with increasingly authoritarian political environments that threaten their democratic institutions and legal frameworks. In this new report, Dr Leon Hartwell provides an in-depth analysis of parliamentary oversight in seven Western Balkan states – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia – and offers actionable recommendations for these states, the EU, and NATO to address these challenges.

27 November 2024 | Dr Leon Hartwell

Balkans EU NATO Security

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Workshop report: The OSCE and its role in strengthening European security architecture

In July 2024, the ELN convened a group of international experts to explore the historic, current, and future role of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and its toolbox in maintaining and strengthening European security architecture. This workshop report details the participants’ discussions on the OSCE’s history, its operations in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, the role of the OSCE in conflict management and post-conflict normalisation, organisational successes and failures, and its unique status as a platform for dialogue between the West and Russia.

15 August 2024 | Maria Branea

OSCE Russia-West relations Arms Control Defence Democracy Diplomacy Eastern Europe Emerging technologies EU Europe Foreign policy International Law NATO OSCE Risk Reduction Russia-West Relations Security Ukraine United Nations

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Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in turbulent times: Commentary collection

This commentary collection compiles 15 articles by 18 ELN network members and external collaborators as part of the ELN’s Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty project. The collection was originally published for the 2024 NPT Preparatory Committee.

31 July 2024 | Oliver Meier, Michael Biontino, Sanaa Alvira, Shizuka Kuramitsu, Olamide Samuel, Dr Irmgard Niemeyer, Maren Vieluf, Ananya Agustin Malhotra, Ward Wilson, Paul Ingram, Adam Thomson, Julia Berghofer, Alexander Kmentt, Pavel Podvig, Maximilian Hoell, Tarja Cronberg, Rishi Paul and Daniel Ajudeonu

NPT Multilateral arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation NPT Project Arms Control Defence Deterrence Diplomacy Emerging technologies Military Doctrine NATO NPT Nuclear Arms Control Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Security Nuclear Weapons Russia-West Relations Security WMDs

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Technological complexity and risk reduction: A Guardrails and Self-Assessment Framework for EDTs in NC3 and nuclear weapons decision-making

Emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) are changing our lives – including in the worlds of defence and security. The ELN has been working since 2020 to understand how future nuclear crises may be affected by the intersection of multiple rapidly evolving new technologies. Building on years of work, this report presents a new Framework to help guide the safe use of EDTs in nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems, aiming to reduce risks and manage escalation.

19 July 2024 | Belén Bianco and Rishi Paul

2NT Emerging Disruptive Technologies and risk reduction Emerging technologies NPT Nuclear Security Nuclear Weapons Risk Reduction Security

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The challenge of Russian dual-capable missiles

In a new policy brief, ELN Senior Associate Fellows Simon Lunn and Nicholas Williams examine the dual-capable nature of Russia’s medium and short-range missiles, and their implications for NATO’s strategy. Acknowledging the relationship between the nuclear and conventional dimensions, and in the context of Putin’s menacing references to Russia’s nuclear weapons, it looks at the impact on NATO strategy at both levels.

17 July 2024 | Simon Lunn and Nicholas Williams

Russia-West relations Arms Control Conventional Arms Control Defence Deterrence Eastern Europe Europe INF Military Doctrine Missiles NATO Nuclear Arms Control Nuclear Security Risk Reduction Russia Russia-West Relations Security Ukraine WMDs

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Cloudbusting: Ways to address the growing salience of nuclear weapons in the NPT

The ambition of efforts to reduce the salience of nuclear weapons will depend on the overall trajectory of international politics. But the growing role and significance of nuclear weapons is both the result and a driver of rivalry between the nuclear-weapon states. Ahead of the 2024 NPT Preparatory Committee, this policy brief outlines what measures NPT states parties could take to reduce the salience of nuclear weapons depending on the international security environment.

16 July 2024

NPT Multilateral arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation NPT Project NPT NPTProject Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Security Nuclear Weapons

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NATO’s revival of collective defence and the challenge of national commitments

As leaders gather in Washington for a three day summit to mark NATO’s 75th anniversary, ELN Senior Associate Fellows Nicholas Williams and Simon Lunn analyse the re-emergence of collective defence as a priority within the alliance, and what it means for national governments. The paper argues that NATO’s regional plans should be the subject of parliamentary scrutiny by individual national parliaments to ensure that national commitments to NATO are consistent with the resources and political aims of their respective countries.

9 July 2024 | Nicholas Williams and Simon Lunn

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The Non-Proliferation Treaty as a framework for dialogue

Ahead of the 2024 NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom), Michael Biontino writes that there is an urgent need for dialogue on nuclear doctrines, declaratory policies, and security assurances between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states.

2 July 2024 | Michael Biontino

NPT Global Security Multilateral arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation NPT NPTProject Nuclear Arms Control Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Security Nuclear Weapons

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Asia-Pacific flashpoints: Comparing Australian, Japanese, South Korean & UK perceptions

This ELN and APLN report compares Australian, Japanese, South Korean, and UK risk perceptions towards Taiwan and North Korea. It finds that diverging perceptions of risk in the Asia-Pacific are potential obstacles to policy coordination and offers recommendations for how to address this.

29 May 2024 | Joel Petersson Ivre, Rishi Paul, Alice Saltini, Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White and Oliver Meier

Asia-Pacific Global Security Asia-Pacific Region China DPRK North Korea Nuclear Security Nuclear Weapons Security United Kingdom

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Strengthening parliamentary oversight of the security sector in the Western Balkans

Workshop report: The OSCE and its role in strengthening European security architecture

Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in turbulent times: Commentary collection

Technological complexity and risk reduction: A Guardrails and Self-Assessment Framework for EDTs in NC3 and nuclear weapons decision-making

The challenge of Russian dual-capable missiles

Cloudbusting: Ways to address the growing salience of nuclear weapons in the NPT

NATO’s revival of collective defence and the challenge of national commitments

The Non-Proliferation Treaty as a framework for dialogue

Asia-Pacific flashpoints: Comparing Australian, Japanese, South Korean & UK perceptions

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