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Report | 31 July 2024

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

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Oliver Meier |Head of Programme, Nuclear and Multilateral Disarmament

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Sanaa Alvira |Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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Irmgard Niemeyer |Head, Nuclear Safeguards and Security Division, Forschungszentrum Jülich

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Paul Ingram |Research Affiliate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)

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Alexander Kmentt |Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Office and to the Specialized Institutions in Geneva

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Maximilian Hoell |Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Global Security Research

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

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Rishi Paul |Programme Lead, Nuclear Deterrence and Risk Reduction

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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 2024 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:

  • 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

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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