Join us on 3 February 2026 for the next edition of the Asser Institute early career event series. The workshop features the topic of ‘Arms control and rearmament: Contradiction or synergy?'
Geopolitical contexts surrounding Europe have accelerated investment in the defence capacities of the EU and Member States. The EU’s Readiness 2030 initiative aims to mobilise €800 billion by the end of the decade to strengthen defence preparedness, with investment focused on technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, and space-based platforms.
In view of an era of rearmament in Europe and elsewhere, disarmament, non-proliferation, and related export control regimes are facing fundamental challenges. At the same time, these regimes may paradoxically increase their relevance, precisely because of the risks that the development and transfer of defence-related technologies pose to Europe and the world.
Against this background, the early career workshop will analyse how disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control should and can be adopted in the era of rearmament and in a highly competitive geopolitical climate. The workshop will draw lessons from historical, political, legal, and technological perspectives and serve as a venue for discussing ways forward. This event will be followed by a closed policy roundtable, in which early-career scholars meet with invited professionals.
Join us to build professional networks within the arms control research community across the Netherlands and Europe.
Call for papers
We invite doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers in international law, political science, and security studies to present their research and receive feedback from leading experts and peers.
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If you want to join this workshop and/or submit your papers, please send an email to Prof. Machiko Kanetake via m.kanetake@asser.nl
About the Asser Institute early career conference series
The Asser Institute early career conference series provides doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers in international law, political science and security studies with the opportunity to present their research on selected topics related to disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control and receive feedback from experts and peers.
The Conference Series additionally provides early career researchers with the opportunity to build networks within their field, thereby strengthening the academic arms control community within the Netherlands and Europe.