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Report | 27 April 2026

Protecting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in turbulent times: European and P5 perspectives on the 2026 NPT Review Conference

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Ciarán Doyle |Career diplomat, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland

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Carmen Wunderlich |Senior Researcher, Institute for Development and Peace, University of Duisburg-Essen

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Stephan Klement |Special Envoy, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European Union

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Sahil V. Shah |Senior Fellow for Nuclear Policy, Institute for Security and Technology

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Nikolai Sokov |Senior Fellow, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

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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. They bring together perspectives from the P5 nuclear-weapon states and key European actors on the priorities, risks, and prospects shaping the RevCon, which will be held from 27 April to 22 May 2026 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

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:

  • Italy, Federica Dall’Arche
  • Ireland, Ciarán Doyle
  • Germany, Carmen Wunderlich
  • European Union, Stephan Klement
  • Poland, Łukasz Kulesa
  • France, Emmanuelle Maitre
  • United States, Thomas Countryman
  • United Kingdom, Sahil Shah
  • China, Tianjiao Jiang
  • Russia, Nikolai Sokov

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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