On 15 and 18 September, SIPRI experts took part in the annual EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) Consultative Meeting in Brussels.
Held over two days, the 15th EUNPDC Consultative Meeting was organized by the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) on behalf of the European Union (EU), and participants met to discuss a variety of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation challenges.
SIPRI is an active member of the consortium and several SIPRI experts were in attendance, including Dr Sibylle Bauer, Director of Studies for Armament and Disarmament at SIPRI and the current Chair of the EUNPDC.
Others who chaired or presented on topics related to their research were Netta Goussac, Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Governance of Artificial Intelligence Programme; Lauriane Héau, Researcher in the SIPRI Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme; Pieter D. Wezeman, Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme; and Dr Wilfred Wan, Director of the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme.
Discussions covered the global arms market, conventional arms control and disarmament, nuclear testing, intangible transfers of military technologies and technological solutions to prevent arms diversion, among other topics.
About the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium
The EUNPDC forms the core of a wider European network of non-proliferation and disarmament think tanks that the consortium is responsible for promoting and coordinating. The EUNPDC is managed jointly by six institutes: SIPRI, FRS, the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the International Affairs Institute and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. The EUNPDC aims to encourage discussion on measures to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems within civil society—particularly among experts, researchers and academics in the EU and third countries. The scope of activities also covers issues related to conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons