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Report | 11 July 2023

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

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Adam Kobieracki (1957-2024) |Former Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center and former NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations

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Michael Biontino |former Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament

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Konstantin Larionov |Graduate of the dual Master’s degree program in Nonproliferation and Terrorism studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

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Louis Reitmann |Research Associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)

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Alice Saltini |AI-nuclear policy advisor at the Institute for Security and Technology and a Non-Resident Expert on AI at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

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Tarja Cronberg |Former Member of the European Parliament, Distinguished Associate Fellow at SIPRI

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Katia Glod |Deputy Head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST)

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Oliver Meier |Programme Head, Nuclear and Multilateral Disarmament

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These commentaries have been published as part of the ELN’s project, Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty for the 2023 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:

  • Saving the non-proliferation regime today for the benefit of tomorrow’s international security order, Adam Kobieracki
  • How to enhance the eleventh NPT review cycle and ensure a diplomatic space for continuity and coordination, Michael Biontino
  • The NPT: the cornerstone or headstone of the global non-proliferation regime?, Olamide Samuel
  • Pillar I: Is disarmament doomed to stay the unfulfilled obligation of the NPT?, Maren Vieluf
  • Expanding the UN General Assembly’s role in managing disarmament and non-proliferation challenges, Konstantin Larionov
  • Reforming the ‘London Club’: How transparency and outreach can benefit the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Louis Reitmann
  • Pillar III: the quiet success story of the NPT RevCon, Olamide Samuel
  • Strengthening the nuclear order: Pragmatic internationalism amid Russia’s war against Ukraine, Valeriia Hesse
  • To avoid nuclear instability, a moratorium on integrating AI into nuclear decision-making is urgently needed: The NPT PrepCom can serve as a springboard, Alice Saltini
  • The one-person monopoly of nuclear launches, Tarja Cronberg
  • Be careful what you wish for: Russia wants to share nuclear weapons with Belarus, Katia Glod and Oliver Meier

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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