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State-to-state cooperation between NATO and IP4 member states: Successes, constraints, and prospects for crisis prevention

This is the third report in a three-part series produced under a NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme project examining how NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners can strengthen cross-regional crisis prevention and strategic cooperation. It examines how bilateral and minilateral partnerships can strengthen practical cooperation between NATO and Indo-Pacific partner states.

30 July 2026 | Rishi Paul, Frank O’Donnell, Dongkeun Lee, Joël Christoph and Joel Petersson-Ivre
NATO SPSEuro-Atlantic SecurityAsia-Pacific RegionDefenceDeterrenceDiplomacyForeign policyIndo-PacificNATO
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Institutional cooperation between NATO and IP4: Expectations, constraints, and cooperation prospects

This is the second report in a three-part series produced under a NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme project examining how NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners can strengthen cross-regional crisis prevention and strategic cooperation. It explores the opportunities and constraints shaping institutional cooperation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific 4 (IP4).

30 July 2026 | Rishi Paul, Frank O’Donnell, Dongkeun Lee, Joël Christoph and Joel Petersson-Ivre
NATO SPSEuro-Atlantic SecurityAsia-Pacific RegionDefenceDeterrenceDiplomacyForeign policyIndo-PacificNATO
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Managing cross-theatre escalation: Perceptions, flashpoints, and constraints on strategic cooperation in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific

This is the first report in a three-part series produced under a NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme project examining how NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners can strengthen cross-regional crisis prevention and strategic cooperation. It explores the strategic dynamics, perceptions, and escalation risks increasingly linking the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

30 July 2026 | Rishi Paul, Frank O’Donnell, Dongkeun Lee, Joël Christoph and Joel Petersson-Ivre
NATO SPSEuro-Atlantic SecurityAsia-Pacific RegionDefenceDeterrenceDiplomacyForeign policyIndo-PacificNATO
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Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in turbulent times: Commentary collection volume V

This commentary collection compiles 11 articles by ELN network members and external collaborators as part of the ELN’s Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty project. The collection was published to align with the 2026 NPT Review Conference in New York City.

6 May 2026 | Jana Baldus, Julia Berghofer, Oliver Meier, Hans Blix, Steve Barwick, Edward Ifft, Tarja Cronberg, Almuntaser Albalawi, Bailey Schiff, Diya Ashtakala and Daniel Ajudeonu
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectArms ControlNPTNPTProjectNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear Weapons
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Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in turbulent times: European and P5 perspectives on the 2026 NPT Review Conference

This commentary collection compiles 10 articles by 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 2026 NPT RevCon.

27 April 2026 | Federica Dall’Arche, Ciarán Doyle, Carmen Wunderlich, Stephan Klement, Łukasz Kulesa, Emmanuelle Maitre, Thomas Countryman, Sahil V. Shah, Tianjiao Jiang and Nikolai Sokov
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectArms ControlNPTNPTProjectNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear Weapons
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Managing long-term confrontation with Russia: Elements of a European strategy

The evolving confrontation between Europe and Russia is not a temporary crisis but a long-term condition that must be managed. In this report, ELN Senior Policy Fellow Alexander Graef sets out a strategy for governing a prolonged and adversarial relationship with Moscow beyond the war, focused on strengthening European political agency, credible deterrence, and governing escalation risks.

18 March 2026 | Alexander Graef
ConnectRussia-West relationsDeterrenceEuropeForeign policyRussiaRussia-West Relations
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Towards a better understanding of human bias in nuclear decision-making and its interaction with emerging and disruptive technologies

This report by Ganna Pogrebna and ELN Senior Policy Fellow Rishi Paul presents findings from an ELN workshop that examined the ‘human’ and ‘machine’ components of bias and their points of interaction. The report highlights how human judgment and AI systems can interact in ways that reinforce, rather than reduce, risk.

27 February 2026 | Ganna Pogrebna and Rishi Paul
2NTEmerging Disruptive Technologies and Risk ReductionEmerging technologiesNuclear SecurityNuclear Weapons
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Gender backlash in disarmament and arms control: Safeguarding progress amid rising resistance

Gender perspectives are integral to credible, effective, and inclusive disarmament and arms control. This policy brief by ELN Policy Fellow Jana Baldus examines the gender backlash in multilateral disarmament and arms control, and its implications. It suggests two approaches to preserve progress on gender equality and intersectional gender perspectives and calls on states, international organisations, and civil society to act collectively to defend and further advance gender perspectives.

10 December 2025 | Jana Baldus
Multilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationArms ControlGenderNuclear Arms Control
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Tried and tested: Why the CTBT must be preserved

President Trump’s recent statement about the US resumption of nuclear testing has heightened concerns over a renewed arms race and the erosion of the global norm against nuclear testing enshrined in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). This new policy brief from the ELN’s Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty project argues that the CTBT reinforces the NPT by bolstering the nuclear non-proliferation norm and constraining the development of new nuclear warhead types: sustaining it is a strategic imperative. States Parties to the NPT must work together to strengthen the CTBT’s credibility and relevance to international security and prioritise collective multilateral action over short-term security gains.

4 December 2025
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectCTBTEUNATONPTNuclear SecurityNuclear Weapons