
Under what circumstances would you considerĢ. How does your force posture and force planningĬ. Security strategy? To what extent has this and yourĪrsenal evolved since the end of the Cold War?ī. What is the role of nuclear weapons in your national Questions include but are not limited to the following:Ī. This would facilitate substantive internal exchanges on doctrine and posture between the P5 and provide a document to be issued and discussed at the 2020 NPT Review Conference doctrines side-meeting. To facilitate constructive engagement among the P5 and with Non-Nuclear Weapon States (NNWS), the P5 should provide responses to the following questions and produce a joint P5 doctrines paper with the collated responses. Questions on Nuclear Policies and Doctrines: P5 governments have issued documents and made public statements about their nuclear policies and doctrines. The recommendations captured here do not represent the views of any government or individual participants, but rather are based on the independent analysis of the project leads. The objective was to explore further opportunities for P5 cooperation ahead of the London conference in February 2020 and NPT Review Conference (RevCon) in May 2020. King’s College London (KCL) and the European Leadership Network (ELN) hosted two workshops in October and November 2019 with experts and government officials from each of the P5 countries to test proposals for the P5 Process.

Originally conceived to demonstrate the NWS commitment to their NPT obligations and facilitate confidence-building and cooperation on disarmament issues, the P5 Process has had mixed success since it was established in 2009.

The United Kingdom, and the United States-recognised by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in a dedicated forum to discuss their unique responsibilities under the Treaty. The P5 Process brings together the five nuclear weapon states (NWS)-China, France, Russia, Policy Recommendations: Options for P5 Cooperation
