On 6 November, the Chaplain-President, in his capacity as Bishop Robert's adviser for EU affairs, participated in a seminar jointly organised by the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland bureau in Brussels and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Brussels on the future of international dialogue on arms control and disarmament, in the light of the current war in Ukraine and the refusal of Mr Putin to engage in meaningful arms control conversations with Nato and others. Our conversations were sharpened by the fact that Mr Trump had been elected to the presidency of the USA for a second time the same morning, with possible consequences for the safety and peace of Ukraine. The Churches' contribution to real dialogue on the peace and security of nation states under threat of war was extensively discussed.