At present, current institutions underpinning the global nuclear order are not fit for purpose. New forums, such as CEND and “stepping stones”, serve a practical purpose of generating new ideas for promoting nuclear disarmament and reducing nuclear risk.
High-level officials from the five nuclear weapon states recognised under the NPT met in London this week for the 2020 “P5 Process” dialogue.
The ELN’s Andreas Persbo and Sahil Shah reflect on the recent Wilton Park Conference on nuclear non-proliferation and what awaits at the Review Conference in May.
In October and November 2019, the European leadership Network (ELN) and King’s College London (KCL) hosted two workshops with experts and government officials from each of the P5 countries to explore cooperation ahead of the London conference and the NPT Review Conference in 2020. This policy memo captures many of the recommendations deliberated at the workshops.
ELN Policy Fellow Katarzyna Kubiak contributes on “Vertical Proliferation in Light of the Disarmament Commitment” in the freshly published book “Non-Nuclear Peace Beyond the Nuclear Ban Treaty”.
A decade on, ELN Policy Fellow Max Hoell analyses developments in the P5 process to date and recommends steps to overcome its current impasse.