Angela Kane’s Keynote Speech at the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference

VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane was invited to deliver the keynote speech for the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmement Conference in Brussels on 13 December 2017. During her remarks, Ms. Kane drew attention to the most pressing issues in international politics and security, as well as provided recommendations for mitigating associated risks.

First, regional security continues to deteriorate, particularly in East Asia, the Middle East, and in Eastern Europe.

Second, the U.S. has taken a significant turn towards greater reliance on its military and away from multilateral diplomacy under President Trump’s doctrine of America First, or MAGA, Make America Great Again.

Third, changes to the normative order of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are underway. Frustrated with decades of political deadlock, on July 7 this year, 122 states voted in favor of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at United Nations headquarters in New York City.

None of those trends stands should be seen in isolation. Rather, they interact with one another ---- and increasingly in a negative way. Let me talk a bit about those trends and offer, perhaps, some recommendations on how EU member states might contribute to mitigating some of the resulting risks.

Read Ms. Kane's full remarks here.