This commentary collection compiles 15 articles by 18 ELN network members and external collaborators as part of the ELN’s Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty project. The collection was originally published for the 2024 NPT Preparatory Committee.
Last week, Russia announced it had started tactical nuclear weapons exercises near Ukraine. Pavel Podvig explores whether this move is an attempt to go beyond signalling and bring non-strategic nuclear weapons closer to the frontline and asks how the international community should respond.
In July 2014, the U.S. accused Russia of violating the 1987 INF treaty. The ELN has invited two renowned security experts to comment on the substance of the dispute and on the consequences for the Euro-Atlantic and global security environment.
Pavel Podvig argues that keeping the INF Treaty intact will serve Russia’s national security much better than rushing into new missile deployments.