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Commentary

When the cornerstone cracks: the NPT and the future of the global nuclear order

After 16 years without a consensus final document, write Carmen Wunderlich and Leonardo Bandarra, the challenge facing the NPT is less about disagreement on specific issues than about growing doubts over the role and value of the review process within an increasingly complex nuclear order, and amid geopolitical shifts and the renewed prominence of nuclear deterrence in global security policy.

3 June 2026 | Carmen Wunderlich and Leonardo Bandarra
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectNPTNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsUnited NationsELN
Commentary

Why the NPT and TPNW must work together to prevent nuclear insecurity

At a time of heightened nuclear risk, the credibility of the non-proliferation regime increasingly depends not on treating the NPT and TPNW as rival models, but on finding ways for them to function in a mutually reinforcing way. As Simabatu Mayele Sims Nono writes, reshaping the NPT-TPNW relationship can turn it from a source of fragmentation into a lever for stabilisation.

18 May 2026 | Simabatu Mayele Sims Nono
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsUnited NationsYGLN
Commentary

ELN reflections: 2026 NPT Review Conference

Amid mounting geopolitical tensions and deepening scepticism about multilateral diplomacy, diplomats, experts, and civil society representatives are gathering in New York for the 2026 NPT Review Conference to confront growing divisions over disarmament and non-proliferation. In these reflections, ELN staff who attended the RevCon examine the mounting risks facing the global nuclear order, and consider what they reveal about the future of the NPT regime.

13 May 2026 | Oliver Meier, Jana Baldus, Sophie Taylor and Nikita Gryazin
Network ReflectionsNPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectDiplomacyForeign policyNPTNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsUnited NationsELNYGLN
Commentary

Reflections on the JCPOA: why it worked and why it matters now

On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, former European Commission Vice-President Catherine Ashton reflects on the diplomacy behind the landmark JCPOA agreement, why it worked, and what its collapse means today. Ashton argues that collective leadership and renewed European engagement remain essential to securing long-term regional stability.

8 May 2026 | Catherine Ashton
IranNPTIranMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationArms ControlDiplomacyIranJCPOAMiddle EastNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentUnited NationsUnited StatesELN
Report

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

This commentary collection compiles 11 articles by ELN network members and external collaborators as part of the ELN’s Protecting the Non-Proliferation Treaty project. The collection was published to align with the 2026 NPT Review Conference in New York City.

6 May 2026 | Jana Baldus, Julia Berghofer, Oliver Meier, Hans Blix, Steve Barwick, Edward Ifft, Tarja Cronberg, Almuntaser Albalawi, Bailey Schiff, Diya Ashtakala and Daniel Ajudeonu
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectArms ControlNPTNPTProjectNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsELN
Report

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

This commentary collection compiles 10 articles by 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 2026 NPT RevCon.

27 April 2026 | Federica Dall’Arche, Ciarán Doyle, Carmen Wunderlich, Stephan Klement, Łukasz Kulesa, Emmanuelle Maitre, Thomas Countryman, Sahil V. Shah, Tianjiao Jiang and Nikolai Sokov
NPTMultilateral Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-ProliferationNPT ProjectArms ControlNPTNPTProjectNuclear Arms ControlNuclear DisarmamentNuclear SecurityNuclear WeaponsELN