Our Network spans all of Europe. Between us, we have thousands of years of experience in security and diplomacy, to advise on how to solve today’s pressing security problems, especially the risks of nuclear war or other catastrophic conflict.
Donate today, and you will help fund us to bring people together for constructive dialogue, build bridges and human connections, distil ideas, write them up, and brief government decisionmakers. Our ideas and briefings have helped to:
- Provide disarmament diplomats with new ideas to reinforce the Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Persuade world leaders to reaffirm publicly that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought
- Bring together Russian and Ukrainian civil society and thought leaders to discuss scenarios for the long-term future of European security
- Bring together Iranian, American and European scholars to increase mutual understanding of how diplomacy can prevent a Middle East nuclear arms race
- Produce a framework for states to assess and reduce the risks that emerging and disruptive technologies pose to nuclear command and control
- Identify common ground between all five big nuclear states on AI in nuclear systems
…and many more – see our impact page for more detail.
Every gift matters and will make a real difference. We work hard to ensure value for money:
- Our members provide their ideas and advice pro bono for the public benefit.
- Most of our meetings are virtual, with a few larger funders supporting in-person contacts where we judge these to be most important.
- Our small agile team works remotely and we keep all overheads to a minimum.
Want to know more about what inspires and drives us? Our founders share their story here and our director explains why now is the time to get traction on great-power risks here.
The ELN is registered as a charity in England and Wales under Registered Charity Number 1208594