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Report | 11 April 2025

Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in turbulent times: Commentary collection volume 3

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Eleonora Neri |Project & Research Coordinator at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

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Michael Biontino |former Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament

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Dr Caroline Fehl |Interim Professor of International Politics at Helmut-Schmidt Universität/Unversität der Bundeswehr Hamburg

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Rishi Paul |Programme Lead, Nuclear Deterrence and Risk Reduction

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Verena Jackson |Lawyer & Researcher at University of the Armed Forces of Germany (UniBw)

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These commentaries have been published as part of the ELN’s project, Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty for the 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee.

The project seeks to preserve the multilateral nuclear non-proliferation regime and prevent further erosion of the nuclear taboo and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). Bringing together an intergenerational, pan-regional Network of experts, it works to identify pathways to success in the eleventh review cycle, taking a holistic approach to the NPT and its three pillars.

Featured commentaries include:

  • The CTBT: A success story and keystone for reinforcing the NPT regime ahead of the next 2026 Review Conference, Eleonora Neri
  • The politics of nuclear disarmament verification: How to advance nuclear disarmament, Michael Biontino
  • Taking responsibility: How NPT members can support justice for victims of nuclear weapons – and through this, the NPT, Jana Baldus and Dr Caroline Fehl
  • The non-proliferation considerations of nuclear-powered submarines, Alexander Hoppenbrouwers
  • In Russia’s perceived war with the West, arms control is collateral damage, Nicholas Lokker
  • Bluff and bluster: Why Putin revised Russia’s nuclear doctrine, Rishi Paul
  • Nuclear vs cyber deterrence: why the UK should invest more in its cyber capabilities and less in nuclear deterrence, Nikita Gryazin   
  • Nuclear posture and cyber threats: Why deterrence by punishment is not credible – and what to do about it, Eva-Nour Repussard
  • The unintended consequences of deterring cyber attacks through nuclear weapons and international law, Verena Jackson

Read the commentary collection here

The European Leadership Network itself as an institution holds no formal policy positions. The opinions articulated in these commentaries represent the views of the author(s) rather than the European Leadership Network or its members. The ELN aims to encourage debates that will help develop Europe’s capacity to address the pressing foreign, defence, and security policy challenges of our time, to further its charitable purposes.

We operate as a charity registered in England and Wales under Registered Charity Number 1208594.

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