Thirty years ago, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) opened for signature. Despite its successes, the global norm against nuclear testing faces renewed pressure. The case for preserving the test-ban is not only about verification and strategic stability, but also about the lasting humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear explosions.
Three decades since the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) opened for signature, many of the legal frameworks underpinning Europe’s security have eroded. What can the test-ban regime teach us about building a new European security architecture? Kjølv Egeland argues that a new one must be designed before it can be built.
In our latest episode, we look at what the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has achieved over the past three decades, why it remains an important part of the global nuclear order despite never entering into force, and the challenges it faces today. Hosted by the ELN’s Deputy Executive Director Bekki Field and ELN Policy Fellow Dr Jana Baldus.
The IAEA’s annual General Conference meetings have grown successively more contentious in recent years. Geopolitical tensions outside the Agency are increasingly corroding the insulation around the IAEA’s technical work. Noah Mayhew asks: Is the “Vienna Spirit” dead? At the GC, it may not be dead, but it is certainly on life support – and the IAEA’s mission will ultimately bear the cost.
Ambassador Đỗ Hùng Việt, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, and President of the 2026 NPT Review Conference, reflects candidly on the 2026 NPT Review Conference’s collapse without consensus: What was achieved, what broke it, and what comes next. In conversation with the ELN’s Oliver Meier and Jana Baldus.
In our latest episode of the Ok, Doomer! podcast, we ask what comes next for the Non-Proliferation Treaty, featuring a range of distinguished guests including UN Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, and Thomas Countryman. Plus, a deep dive into the review process with more nuclear policy experts.