European Union policies

In addition to the publications below, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Papers written by EUNPDC network members cover a range of issues related to EU policies in the field. They can be consulted here

External drivers of EU differentiated cooperation: How change in the nuclear nonproliferation regime affects member states alignment
Onderco, Michal and Portela, Clara, Contemporary Security Policy, online first, November 2022
Strategic Compasse: New bearings for EU security and defence?
Daniel Fiott and Gustav Lindstrom, EUISS, December 2021
The Role of National Parliaments in EU Defense
Raluca Csernatoni and YF Reykers, Carnegie Europe, December 2021
Comment renforcer le rôle de l’UE dans les exportations d’armes ?
(in French), Maria Camello, Léo Géhin, Federico Santopinto, GRIP, 2021
Changements et défis du nouveau règlement européen des biens à double usage
(in French) Jonathan Bannenberg, GRIP, May 2021
The Transatlantic Dimension of Europe’s Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran: 2003–21
Riccardo Alcaro, IAI, May 2021
The EU’s Arms Control Challenge
Clara Portela, Chaillot Paper 166, European Union Institute for Security Studies, April 2021
Les angles morts du contrôle des exportations d’armes de la Région wallonne. Analyse du «Rapport Armes»
(in French), Claire Zutterling, GRIP, March 2021
Explaining the nuclear challenges posed by emerging and disruptive technology: a primer for European policy makers and professionals
Andrew Futter, EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Paper, March 2021
The Case for Cyber ‘Disarmament’ in the European Union
Eugenio Benincasa, Istituto Affari Internazionali, February 2021
El rol de la Unión Europea en el control de armamento nuclear: Evolución y situación actual
(in Spanish) Clara Portela, November 2020
European Non-proliferation Diplomacy in the Shadow of Secondary Sanctions
Tytti Erästö, SIPRI, August 2020
The EU’s Chemical Weapons Sanctions Regime: Upholding a taboo under attack
Dr Clara Portela and Dr Erica Moret, European Union Institute for Security Studies, July 2020
Europe Needs a Regional Strategy on Iran
Cornelius Adebahr, Carnegie Europe, May 2020
Conversion des armes factices : la réponse de l’UE
Léo Géhin, GRIP, Mars 2020
Sustainable EU funding of European defence cooperation? Accountable and transparent coordination of arms export policies needed
Diederik Cops and Auerlie Buytaert, Flemish Peace Institute, December 2019
Reviewing the EU Common Position on arms exports: Whither EU arms transfer controls?
Diederik Cops, Nils Duquet/ Flemish Peace Institute/ December 2019
Beyond the Hype: The EU and the AI Global “Arms Race, Raluca Csernatoni
Carnegie Europe, August 2019
Mapping Non-proliferation and Disarmament Education in Europe
Elisabeth i-mi Suh, EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Papers, DGAP, September 2020
Reviving the Security Function: EU’s Path to Save the JCPOA,
Abdolrasool Divsallar, Marc Otte, Egmont Institute, July 2019
The 2018 EU SALW Strategy: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Approach
Nils Duquet, EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Papers, No. 62, April 2019
What the Death of the INF Treaty Means for Europe
Anna Péczeli, European Leadership Network, November 2018
Artificial Intelligence: What implications for EU security and defence?
Daniel Fiott and Gustav Lindstrom, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), November 2018
Safeguarding the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Blueprint for Europe
Axel Hellman, European Leadership Network, April 2018
EU Policy Options in Case of U.S Withdrawal From the Iran Nuclear Deal
Cornelius Adebahr, Carnegie Europe, April 2018
The EU’s Revised Cybersecurity Strategy
Annegret Bendiek, Raphael Bossong, Matthias Schulze, SWP Comments 2017/C 47, November 2017, 7pp.
The European Union in UN disarmament forums
Megan Dee, in D. Bourantonis & S. Blavoukos (eds.) The European Union in United Nations Politics (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke), 2017
Group dynamics and interplay in UN disarmament forums: In search of consensus
Megan Dee, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 12(2), 158-177, 2017, reprinted in Laatikainen, K & Smith, K.E (eds) (forthcoming) Group Politics in UN Multilateralism (Brill)
The Future of EU Defence: A European Space, Data and Cyber Agency?
The Future of EU Defence: A European Space, Data and Cyber Agency?, Jean-Pierre Darnis, October 2017
The European Union and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Follow-On to the Global Strategy?
Lars-Erik Lundin, NP paper No.58, May 2017, 13pp.
The EU’s CBRN Centres of Excellence Initiative After 6 Years
Ralf Trapp, NP paper No.55, February 2017, 15pp.
The European Union and its performance in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty negotiations: Consistency, Change and Challenges
Megan Dee, in D. Bourantonis, S. Blavoukos and C. Portela (eds.) The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Strategies, Policies, Actions. (Palgrave Macmillan: London), 2015
The EU’s multilateralist combat against the proliferation of WMD in the NPT: Mirroring the Grand Bargain?
Megan Dee, European Security, 24(1), 1-18, 2015
The EU’s performance in the 2015 NPT Review Conference: What went wrong
Megan Dee, European Foreign Affairs Review, 20(4), 591-608, 2015, reprinted in Tonra, B., Young, A.R. & Whitman, R. (eds.) (2017) Foreign Policy of the European Union (Sage, London)
The European Parliament and the external dimension of the EU Nuclear Non-proliferation Policy, in The European Parliament and its International Relations
Clara Portela, Routledge, 2015, 109-120pp.
The EU’s evolving responses to nuclear proliferation crises: from incentives to sanctions
Clara Portela, NP Paper No.46, July 2015, 16pp.
The Path to an Upgraded EU Foreign Policy
Pierre Vimont, Policy Outlook, 30 June 2015.
Which Role Should the EU Play in International Relations?
Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré, Document IAI, 15/07, May 2015, 10pp.
Straw in the Wind: State Aid for Nuclear Energy in the UK and Lessons for Visegrad Countries
Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk, Miłosz Wiatrowski, PISM Strategic File No.8 (71), 15 April 2015, 5pp.
Nuclear power and the European Energy Security Strategy
Vitaly Fedchenko, Ian Anthony, June 14, 2014
The European Union’s weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation clause: a 10-year assessment
Lina Grip, NP paper No.40, April 2014, 16p.
The EU’s Use of ‘Targeted’ Sanctions: Evaluating effectiveness
Clara Portela, CEPS Working Documents, No.391, March 2014, 50p.
European Union responses to extra-territorial claims by the United States: lessons from trade control cases
Quentin Genard, NP paper No.36, January 2014, 14p.
The European Union and space: opportunities and risks
Jana Robinson, Michael Romancov, NP paper No.37, January 2014, 12p.
Assessing the European Union’s sanctions policy: Iran as a case study
Dina Esfandiary, NP paper No.34, December 2013, 24p.
A European contribution to non-proliferation? The EU WMD Strategy at ten
Dr Benjamin Kienzle, International Affairs, Volume 89, Issue 5, pp. 1143 - 1159, September 2013
Arms brokering controls : How are they implemented in the EU?
Kloé Tricot O'Farrell, Les Rapports du GRIP 2013/2, August 29, 2013
WMD related dual use trade control offences in the European Union: penalties and prosecutions
Sibylle Bauer, NP paper No.30, July 2013, 16p.
The European Union’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence Initiative
Alicia Mignone, NP paper No.28, June 2013, 12p.
Creating a common EU policy on nuclear non-proliferation education: a case study of Sweden
Thomas Jonter, NP paper No.29, June 2013, 14p.
‘Standing together or Doing the Splits? Evaluating European Union Performance in the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty Review Negotiations
Megan Dee, European Foreign Affairs Review 17(2), 187-210, 2012
Explaining European Union Performance in the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty Review Negotiations: Limited ambition but pragmatic positioning
Megan Dee, Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation (UNISCI), No. 30, Special Issue, Europe and (non)Proliferation, 2012
European Union arms export control outreach activities in eastern and south eastern Europe
Paul Holtom, Ivana Micic, NP paper No. 14, April 2012, 18p.
Strategic trade controls in the United Arab Emirates: key considerations for the European Union
Aaron Dunne, NP paper No.12, March 2012, 18p.
Intangible transfers of technology and visa screening in the European Union
Vicente Garrido Rebolledo, NP paper No.13, March 2012, 16p.
The European Union, the IAEA and WMD non-proliferation: unity of approach and continuity of action
Lars-Erik Lundin, NP paper No.9, February 2012, 16p.
The review of the EU Common position on arms exports: prospects for strenghtened controls
Mark Bromley, NP paper No.7, January 2012, 18p.
Assessing selected European Union external assistance and cooperation projects on WMD non-proliferation
Lina Grip, NP paper No.6, December 2011, 28p.
Critical infrastructure protection atthe European level
Bart Smedts, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LXIV, N.1, 2011
The European Union’s WMD strategy and the CFSP: a critical analysis
Peter Van Ham, NP paper No.2, September 2011, 16p.
The External Dimension of the EU’s Non-proliferation Policy: Overcoming Inter-institutional Competition
Kamil Zwolski, European Foreign Affairs Review, vol. 16, no. 3, 2011 (paid access)
Unrecognized and Unwelcome? The Role of the EU in Preventing the Proliferation of CBRN Weapons, Materials and Knowledge
Kamil Zwolski, Perspectives on European Politics and Society Volume 12, Issue 4, 2011 (paid access)
Mapping the European Union’s institutional actors related to WMD non-proliferation
Lina Grip, NP paper No.1, May 2011, 20p.
Better Management of EU Borders through Cooperation
Center for the Study of Democracy, 2011
Practices and Forms of Cooperation between Customs and Border Guards in the European Union
Center for the Study of Democracy, CSD Brief No 30, 2011
The European External Action Service: Preparing for Success
Edith Drieskens & Louise van Schaik, Clingendael Paper N.1, December 2010
The EU non-proliferation clause: a preliminary assessment
Lina Grip, SIPRI Background Paper, 20 pp., November 2009
The Role of the EU in the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: the Way to Thessaloniki and Beyond
Clara Portela , PRIF Reports No. 65, 2004