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Expert's panel on hypersonic missiles at the HCoC Annual Regular Meeting

28 May 2026

On 28 May 2026, the FRS organised a lunchtime side event in the margins of the HCoC Annnual Regular Meeting (ARM) in Vienna. This workshop focused on hypersonic missiles, trying to understand their specificities and how they can be integrated in the non-proliferation and arms control architecture.

AGENDA

 

WELCOMING REMARKS

  • Ms Markéta Homolková, Deputy Head of Division, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union

     

  • Amb. Alejandro Garofali Acosta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the International Organisations in Vienna, HCoC Chair 2025-2026

     

  • Amb. Mohammed Hindawi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jordan to the International Organisations in Vienna, HCoC Chair 2026-2027

I/ THE ROLE OF THE HCoC DEALING WITH THE CURRENT BALLISTIC MISSILE LANDSCAPE

PRESENTERS: 

  • Dr Magnus Evestedt, Deputy Research Director, FOI

  • Ms Zuzanna Gwadera, Research Analyst and Programme Administrator, IISS

  • Ms Emmanuelle Maitre, Senior Research Fellow, FRS

  • Mr Kolja Brockmann, Senior Researcher (non-resident), SIPRI

Moderation: Alexandre Houdayer, Secretary General, FRS

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February
2019
Research Papers

Opening HCoC to cruise missiles: A proposal to overcome political hurdles

The issue of extending the scope of the Hague Code of Conduct to cruise missiles is regularly raised in academic and political discussions about the Code. Some non-subscribing States justify their refusal to join the instrument because of this exclusion, perceived as a major flaw. Indeed, cruise missiles have characteristics that can make them very effective in carrying weapons of mass destruction. It is therefore clearly of interest to consider extending the HCoC scope to these weapons.

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January
2018
Research Papers

The use of the existing WMD free zones as an exemple and a potential Framework for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles

Taken as a wide-ranging notion, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have not produced significant instruments in international security over time, UNSCR1540 being an exception. As such, there are no existing WMD free zones (WMDFZ) which can be used as examples and as potential frameworks for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles.

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