NPT review opens as nuclear risks outpace governance and scientific oversight

Testing threats, AI in command systems and stalled arms control expose gaps between security policy and scientific cooperation.

Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, briefing reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York about the th 11th NPT Review Conference to be held from April 27 to May 22, 2026. (U.N. Web TV)

As nations gather for a high-stakes review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, growing geopolitical tensi…