Xiaodon Liang is the Senior Policy Analyst for nuclear weapons policy and disarmament at the Arms Control Association (ACA). His areas of work include U.S. nuclear weapons policy, the budget, the U.S. strategic relationships with Russia and China, and the intersection of nuclear weapons and...
Daniel Kroth is the Program Director of the Next Frontier Seminar (NFS) and a Research Scholar at the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. As the Program Director for NFS, he oversees a multi-university fellowship program that identifies and cultivates outstanding student talent at the intersection...
In May, States Parties to the NPT will meet for the 11th Review Conference under difficult circumstances. In the second of our commentary series exploring different European perspectives, Ciarán Doyle, a diplomat from Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, reflects on Ireland’s perspective on the Treaty and its approach to the 2026 Review Conference. He writes about the importance Ireland places on the Treaty as a small, militarily neutral country, and calls for a commitment to enhanced transparency and accountability from the nuclear-weapon states.
Ciarán Doyle is a career diplomat with Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has served in roles at the Irish Embassy in London and in the British-Relations unit of the Department in Dublin. He served as Private Secretary to two successive Ministers for Foreign Affairs,...
Following the release of Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir and the revelations in the Epstein files still coming to light, we are reminded of a common theme: women remain the ultimate objects. Whilst most people feel deep outrage at these misogynistic crimes, they are often hard to talk about. In this episode of the Women Leaders Podcast, ELN Senior Associate Fellow Ilana Bet-El is joined by journalists Katrin Bennhold of the New York Times and Elisa Braun of Euractiv, to discuss how these stories are reported and how journalism shapes the public understanding of sexual violence.
The first in our series exploring P5 perspectives on the forthcoming 2026 NPT Review Conference, Emmanuelle Maitre writes that for France, constructive participation in the RevCon will require delicate balancing. At the P5 level, preserving dialogue despite strong opposition remains a priority, but must not prevent calling out behaviours of concern related to the NPT.