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Thirteenth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consultative Meeting

10 June - 13 June

The thirteenth consultative meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium was a research, reflection, and exchange event with two distinct parts.

The first part of our meeting was devoted to the impact of major current factors in the evolution of non-proliferation and disarmament issues: Russia’s aggressive foreign policy, emerging and disruptive technologies, the assertion of Chinese power, and the multidimensional crisis affecting the Middle East region. The implementation and universalisation of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines will also be addressed.

The second part looked at general trends and specific updates: the global movement of arms transfers, the fight against diversion (technical and political tools, and the role of Industry), and the latest issues in the use of artificial intelligence in military matters.

As in previous years, theoretical, institutional, political, and industrial approaches were combined to provide the most useful responses to the new security challenges. To make our sessions as interactive as possible, the Mentimeter tool was used in a very integrated way for each of the sessions.

Seven interviews were conducted on the margins of the thirteenth Consultative Meeting.