External Activities

Tianran Xu told The Wall Street Journal that North Korea’s tightly controlled society would make Spiderweb-style covert operations particularly difficult. Nevertheless, Pyongyang may still be concerned about pre-emptive strikes targeting its nuclear arsenal and leadership.

Olamide Samuel spoke to BBC News Arabic about the presence of 18 trucks at Iran’s Fordow facility ahead of the US strike.

At the 8th Forum Anthropocene, Kseniia Pirnavskaia explored how AI could be a tool, not a threat, for tackling the twin existential risks of climate change and nuclear conflict.

Veronika Bedenko spoke with El Tiempo about the current tensions between the United States and Russia.

Can feminist foreign policy reshape how we reduce nuclear risks? A new article explores how justice-driven, inclusive approaches can strengthen traditional arms control and pave the way toward disarmament.

Read Tianran Xu’s article for 38 North on recent DPRK air force drills and what they reveal about the country's aerial capabilities and broader air defence posture.

Olamide Samuel participated in the Center for International Strategic Studies's International Conference on Nuclear Deterrence in the Age of Emerging Technologies in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Tianran Xu discussed North Korea’s recent naval shipbuilding campaigns with Frankfurter Rundschau.

Olamide Samuel explores why the financial sector overlooks nuclear conflict as a systemic risk and what that blind spot means for global stability, investment ethics and long-term resilience.

Olamide Samuel explores how the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is evolving in his latest piece for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Nuclear risk is rising, yet support for addressing it is falling. ONN Director Andreas Persbo calls for renewed investment to meet this challenge in the Bulletin’s 2024 Annual Report.

Olamide Samuel participated in Wilton Park’s workshop on Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament (IND), focused on how IND can be meaningfully presented at the 2026 NPT Review Conference.

Elin Bergner presented her book chapter, marking the finale of the ISDP Nordic-Korea Next Generation Policy Expert Programme.

Kseniia Pirnavskaia spoke at Youth as Agents of Change: Empowering Young People to Contribute to Disarmament Goals, an event organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna, in partnership with the Permanent Representation of Kyrgyzstan.

Olamide Samuel published an op-ed "Europe going nuclear would be a catastrophic mistake" with Al Jazeera arguing that proposals for nuclear sharing as a form of deterrence risk bringing more insecurity to Europe.

Valeriia Hesse participated in the discussion at the British American Security Information Council' Rethinking Security workshop in Istanbul