
These commentaries have been published as part of the ELN’s project, Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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:
- Never let a good crisis go to waste: The impact of great power conflict on the nuclear non proliferation regime and what to do about it
Oliver Meier - Preparing for the 2026 Review Conference: Pragmatic steps toward an improved NPT Review Cycle
Michael Biontino - Gender as a flashpoint: Risks and resolutions for the NPT review process
Sanaa Alvira and Shizuka Kuramitsu - Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to threaten the nuclear order’s grand bargain
Olamide Samuel - 10 lessons learned as the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification turns 10
Irmgard Niemeyer - The NPT needs a common understanding of “nuclear threats”: Questions and tasks for the 11th NPT Review Cycle
Maren Vieluf and Ananya Agustin Malhotra - The extreme nature of nuclear deterrence
Ward Wilson and Paul Ingram - How would humans react to nuclear catastrophe?
Adam Thomson and Paul Ingram - Deterrence of non-nuclear strategic threats: The case against deterring new technologies
Julia Berghofer - Time to engage seriously with the TPNW’s security concerns
Alexander Kmentt - Quieting the nuclear rattle: Responding to Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons exercises
Pavel Podvig - Why and how the NPT must prepare for an arms control interregnum in the post-New START era
Maximilian Hoell - How to bolster nuclear-weapon-free zones
Tarja Cronberg - Why Iran’s missile strikes pose a real problem for Pakistan
Rishi Paul - Unleashing the power of Pillar III of the Non-Proliferation Treaty for sustainable development in Africa
Daniel Ajudeonu
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