STATEMENT BY THE EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY LEADERSHIP GROUP (EASLG) Prepared for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Parliamentarians, and Publics - Shrinking the Zone of Confrontation and

February 2024 STATEMENT BY THE EURO-ATLANTIC SECURITY LEADERSHIP GROUP (EASLG) Prepared for Presidents, Prime Ministers, Parliamentarians, and Publics Shrinking the Zone of Confrontation and Competition: Principles for Euro-Atlantic Security and the Global Nuclear Order The vision of mutual security in the Euro-Atlantic region—a geographic and political space that includes the European community o. [...] The heart of the problem is a complete lack of trust among nations stemming from the war and resulting inability of leaders and nations to engage collectively and comprehensively on an extremely difficult menu of issues relating to regional security. [...] The challenge of doing so in the midst of a war at the center of Europe resulting in a half a million deaths and injuries to Ukrainian and Russian troops,1 and 28,500 civilian deaths and injuries,2 is daunting. [...] The risks and challenges to Euro-Atlantic and global security today engage increased numbers of players including constellations of nation-states and the private sector. [...] Faruk Loğoğlu Diplomat; and Chairman Emeritus Former Ambassador to the United Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Former Chief of Staff and Counselor, of the Stockholm International Peace States; and Undersecretary of the United States White House National Security Research Institute, Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Sir John Scarlett Council, United States Mark Melamed Former Chief of t.