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Report | 6 May 2026

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

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Jana Baldus |Policy Fellow, Nuclear and Multilateral Disarmament

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Oliver Meier |Head of Programme, Nuclear and Multilateral Disarmament

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Hans Blix |Former Foreign Minister and Director-General Emeritus, IAEA

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Edward Ifft |Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

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Tarja Cronberg |Former Member, European Parliament and Distinguished Associate Fellow, SIPRI

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Bailey Schiff |Programme Coordinator, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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Diya Ashtakala |Research Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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Daniel Ajudeonu |Leadership Team Member, International Student/Young Pugwash

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These commentaries have been published as part of the ELN’s project, Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty for the 2026 NPT Review Conference, which will be held from 27 April to 22 May 2026 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. They bring together a range of perspectives from ELN staff and Network members, as well as external contributors from across the defence and security community.

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:

  • How opposing views on nuclear deterrence fracture the non-proliferation regime, Jana Baldus
  • Nuclear testing: Unwise, unnecessary, and unwelcome, Julia Berghofer
  • Using the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to promote disarmament discourses, Oliver Meier
  • Can arms control survive this dangerous age of war and rearmament?, Hans Blix
  • Stepping back from the brink: How the UK could help lead the world away from the nuclear precipice, Steve Barwick
  • Life without the New START Treaty: What nuclearweapons states can do to help strengthen the nonproliferation regime, Edward Ifft
  • Containing the non-proliferation damage from Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear programme, Oliver Meier
  • The militarisation of non-proliferation: Will the NPT survive?, Tarja Cronberg
  • The non-proliferation outlook after the 12-day war: Moving beyond damage control, Almuntaser Albalawi
  • The NPT can’t ignore emerging technologies anymore, Bailey Schiff and Diya Ashtakala
  • Moving beyond condemnation: European nuclear diplomacy in Africa in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Daniel Ajudeonu

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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