Awareness-building session on HCoC in Brussels - HCoC

Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union

Awareness-building session on HCoC in Brussels

27 March 2014

On 27 March 2014, the FRS organised, on behalf of the European Union, an awareness-building session in Brussels about dual-use technology and knowledge transfer issues in order to prevent them in the field of ballistic missiles. The session allowed considering both trends in the technology transfer for ballistic missiles and what could be promoted to prevent it at an early stage. This workshop gathered experts from scientific, space and industry communities of HCoC subscribing and non-subscribing States.

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS

Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)
Jérémie HAMMEDI, Policy Officer, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division, European Union External Action Service (EEAS)

I/ UNIVERSALISING THE HCoC: MAIN CHALLENGES & ISSUES

Dr. Xavier PASCO, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)

II/ HCoC & TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, AN INTRODUCTION

Dr. Xavier PASCO, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)

III/ INDUSTRIAL SUBCONTRACTOR’S ACTIVITY RELATING TO NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS PRODUCTS IN THE LAUNCHER AND MISSILES FIELDS

Christian MAIRE, Head, Strategic Analysis Department, Airbus Defence and Space
Roger ROBINSON, Chairman and Co-founder, Prague Security Studies Institute

WRAP-UP SESSION: HCoC & SUB-CONTRACTORS LEVEL NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS

Dr. Xavier PASCO, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)

WRAP-UP SESSION: HCoC & SUB-CONTRACTORS LEVEL NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS

Dr. Xavier PASCO, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)

May
2023

The HCoC and Strategic Risk Reduction

As a multilateral instrument, the HCoC holds a particular place in a global architecture of measures that attempts to reduce the destabilising nature of ballistic missiles. By promoting transparency about policies and launches, it aims to limit the risk of misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and worst-case assessments.

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.

December
2020

The HCoC and African States

While both ballistic programmes and the risk posed by these systems remain very limited on the African continent, ballistic missiles inherently constitute a global risk – due to their range and destructive potential. Instruments such as the HCoC, which seek to limit the proliferation of such systems, are therefore relevant for African countries.

This project is implemented by the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

The project is funded
by the European Union