APRIL 2025
CSIS European Trilateral
Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues
2024 Consensus Statement
T
he European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues, organized by the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
and the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), have convened senior nuclear policy
experts from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States (P3) since 2009 to discuss nuclear
deterrence, arms control, and nonproliferation policy issues. By identifying issues of mutual concern
and areas of consensus, the group seeks to improve collaboration and cooperation among the three
nations across a range of challenging nuclear policy concerns. The majority of the experts are former
U.S., UK, and French senior ocials; the others are well-known experts and academics in the eld.
Since the dialogue’s inception, currently serving senior ocials from all three governments have
routinely participated in the discussions.
Each year the Track 2 members of the group issue a consensus statement reecting their discussions. All
signatories agree to this statement in their personal capacities, which may not necessarily represent the
views of their respective organizations. In 2024, the group’s discussion addressed a range of emerging
strategic challenges for the P3, which are reected in this statement of their consensus after the 2024
round of meetings.
The United States, the United Kingdom, and France hold common values and principles directed
toward a shared purpose of sustaining global peace and security, as well as an understanding of their
respective roles as responsible stewards of the nuclear order. While each of the three nations has unique
perspectives and policies regarding nuclear issues and the nature of today’s security environment, as
the three nuclear weapons states in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance, they play a
unique and enduring role in the stewardship of international alliances and partnerships, especially in
matters of nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and arms control.
