ELN Live Brief on the US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
This ELN brief on the Open Skies Treaty (OST) has live updates, including European and Russian reactions, to the US withdrawal from the Treaty.
This ELN brief on the Open Skies Treaty (OST) has live updates, including European and Russian reactions, to the US withdrawal from the Treaty.
The ELN’s 2014 report on close military encounters between Russia and the West was mentioned in USA Today.
Little can be done at the moment to resolve fully grown differences between major international actors, but a number of measures could be adopted to reduce unnecessary military risk.
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.
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.
Given the threat of nuclear terrorism facing the global community, there is a dire need to recapture political attention and momentum on nuclear security.