Oliver Meier

Oliver Meier is the head of the Nuclear and Multilateral Disarmament program at the European Leadership Network (ELN).


Articles by Oliver Meier

A man in a suit holds a wet umbrella colored like the French flag, standing in front of a blurred map of Europe.

Forward deterrence: What’s (not) in it for France’s partners

By Oliver Meier | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
A photo shared on Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's instagram account shows Alexey Navalny on a hospital bed surrounded by his wife and two children as his treatment continues at Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany on September 15, 2020. Navalny was poisoned, German doctors from a clinic where he is being treated announced. (Photo by Alexey Navalny Instagram Account /Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Navalny poisoning: Moscow evades accountability and mocks the Chemical Weapons Convention

By Oliver Meier, Alexander Kelle | Analysis, Biosecurity
Mike Pompeo meets with Heiko Mass, the German foreign minister

Why Europe needs to push back to save the Iran nuclear deal

By Azadeh Zamirirad, Oliver Meier, Sascha Lohmann | Nuclear Risk
US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, look on as German Chancellor Angela Merkel communes with French President Emmanuel Macron during ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Why Germany won’t build its own nuclear weapons and remains skeptical of a Eurodeterrent

By Oliver Meier | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons
US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, look on as German Chancellor Angela Merkel communes with French President Emmanuel Macron during ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Why Germany won’t build its own nuclear weapons and remains skeptical of a Eurodeterrent

By Oliver Meier | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Making the best of Europe’s dwindling options

By Oliver Meier | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-proliferation Christopher A. Ford at the Conference on Disarmament.

Sidetrack or kickstart? How to respond to the US proposal on nuclear disarmament.

By Lyndon Burford, Oliver Meier, Nick Ritchie | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
NATO flag missiles

Europeans to the rescue?

By Oliver Meier | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control
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Playing politics with chemical weapons? The UK’s initiative on chemical weapons accountability.

By Oliver Meier, Ralf Trapp | Uncategorized

What participants in a nuclear weapons ban treaty (do not) want

By Oliver Meier, Sira Cordes, Elisabeth Suh | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Russia’s chemical terrorism proposal: Red herring or useful tool?

By Oliver Meier, Ralf Trapp | Analysis, Biosecurity

The case for rethinking NATO missile defense plans

By Marcel Dickow, Oliver Meier, Max Mutschler, Michael Paul | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion