Over the past weeks, the ELN has convened network members from across wider Europe in a series of private conversations to gain a better understanding of the factors driving the current crisis and the options for its resolution. This is a summary of some considerations offered by Ukrainian participants during these conversations.
The recent P5 affirmation that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” as well as the incorporation of strategic risk reduction into the nuclear doctrines and dialogues working group are impactful and are welcome first measures. The P5 must now build on this momentum to discuss a substantive programme of work which must will lead to the implementation of concrete risk reduction measures within the eleventh review cycle.
Névine Schepers is a Co-Team Head of the Swiss and Euro-Atlantic Security Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. Her areas of research include nuclear arms control, non-proliferation, disarmament and deterrence. She has worked on issues such as East Asian nuclear...
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