Dr. Marina Kostić Šulejić, a Research Fellow of the Institute of International Politics and Economics, participated at the European Union Consortium for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Annual Conference, which was held on 4-5 December 2023 in Brussels. The conference brings together the most prominent representatives of research centres from the EU member states, Serbia and Ukraine that deal with issues of non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.
This year, the participants discussed the EU non-proliferation and disarmament agenda, as well as the most pressing issues in this area: proliferation and disarmament in relation to nuclear, but also chemical and biological weapons, prospects for cooperation or conflict in outer space, artificial intelligence and the future of warfare, the diversity of conventional weapons, conflict dynamics and security cooperation in East Asia, the war in Ukraine and the future of arms control in Europe as well as arms control in the context of global powers dynamics.
Conference was also attended by the Marjolijn van Deelen, Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Actions Service (EEAS), and numerous other official representatives from the United Nations and other international organizations and bodies dealing with the non-proliferation and disarmament.
