🧬 Can the European Biotech Act help address emerging biological weapons risks? In a new Q&A, Dr Miranda Smith (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – @SIPRIorg) discusses the EU’s work to regulate access to synthetic genetic material, including DNA and RNA that could potentially be used to produce biological weapons. She explores how the proposed legislation could strengthen EU Member States’ implementation of their obligations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), as well as the new biosecurity risks emerging alongside rapidly developing artificial intelligence. The interview also looks at what the European Biotech Act can, and cannot, achieve in today’s arms control environment. 🔗 Read the Q&A: sipri.org/commentary/topical… #Biosecurity #BiologicalWeapons #BTWC #ArtificialIntelligence #ArmsControl #EUNPDC

🎓 Training opportunity | Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of WMD From 26 to 30 October 2026 in The Hague, the @TMCAsser, in cooperation with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (@OPCW), will hold the 2026 edition of its Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of WMD Training Programme. ☢️🧪🧬This intensive five-day programme will bring together researchers, policy professionals, diplomats and practitioners to explore current challenges in nuclear, chemical and biological weapons governance from legal, technical, diplomatic, historical and geopolitical perspectives. Discussions will address key issues shaping today’s arms control and non-proliferation landscape, including challenges to multilateralism, verification and compliance, as well as the impact of emerging technologies such as AI. 🤝 Participants will also have the opportunity to engage with leading experts, including Sybille Bauer, Director of Studies for Armament and Disarmament at @SIPRIorg, take part in study visits and connect with peers from a wide range of professional and disciplinary backgrounds. 📅 26-30 October 2026 📍 The Hague, Netherlands 🔎 Programme: tinyurl.com/36b3eh5n 👉 Registration: tinyurl.com/2sayyz79 #EUNPDC #Disarmament #NonProliferation #WMD #ArmsControl #InternationalSecurity

📰 New EUNPDC Newsletter – January 2026 is out! This latest edition brings together key analyses on today’s most pressing arms control and security challenges: 🚀 Latest Publications: - Europe and ballistic-missile warning: space for improvement, by Giorgio Di Mizio - End of New START: Short- and Medium-Term Options, by @SokovNikolai - Addressing Multidomain Nuclear Escalation Risk, by Wilfred Wan 🇪🇺 EU at the UN Security Council Read the EU’s latest statement on maintaining peace and security in Ukraine. 🤝 Network news We welcome a new EUNPDC member: the Leiden Asia Centre, strengthening our expertise on Asia-related security issues. 🎙️ Podcast highlight A new episode of Arms Control Primer looks back at Libya’s nuclear ambitions and the lessons they offer today. 💼 Opportunities New research and senior fellow positions are open across the EUNPDC network. 👉 Read here: nonproliferation.eu/wp-conte… #EUNPDC #NonProliferation #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #StrategicStability #SecurityStudies #Disarmament

Last month, the annual Consultative Meeting of the EUNPDC Consortium took place in #Brussels, bringing together the world's leading experts for two days of insightful roundtables on key challenges related to arms control, proliferation, strategic stability, risk reduction, and export controls. 🎥 Catch the highlights of these discussions in this short video, featuring our esteemed moderators summarizing each roundtable youtube.com/watch?v=h9Kh0EN9… #EUNPDC @IISS_org @VCDNP @IAIonline @SIPRIorg @FRS_org #ArmsControl #Proliferation #ExportControls