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Report on UK Parliamentary Visit to Washington, DC to discuss nuclear weapons, Fall 2009. See summary and related video.

Activities Report July-September 2009 (also in pdf)

Annual Report 2008

Anthropology 101
Award-winning film about climate change and nuclear weapons.

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GTZ links to latest news:
NATO Secretary General announces that nuclear arms control is firmly on the Alliance's agenda: "Again, without anticipating the outcome of our discussions I've already today indicated what I would call a pragmatic and realistic approach while keeping the vision clear, the vision of nuclear zero which I think all people could and should embrace," 3 March 2010.

Phil Harvey of Coldplay gives support to BASIC and nuclear disarmament. Also see related Visions for A New Century, BASIC-Ploughshares Fund event hosted by Board Member Brian Eno and friends, and the Declaration of Support, letter sent to Downing Street and the White House.

Burying nuclear relics of the cold war
Anne Penketh, BASIC Programme Director in Washington, Comment is Free in The Guardian, 23 February 2010.

 

 

 

 

Sensitive rationalization or overlooked expansion? Demystifying the Obama plan for missile defense in Europe, Andrew Futter, Getting to Zero Paper, No. 15, 1 March 2010. Also available in PDF.

Iran Update, 24 February 2010
Latest on the crisis concerning Iran's nuclear programme. Also see Paul Ingram, Executive Director, interviewed on latest developments, Bloomberg TV, 23 February 2010.

Getting to Zero Update, 22 February 2010
Latest on getting to zero nuclear weapons and missile defence.

BASIC welcomes Vice President's push for treaty banning all nuclear explosions, BASIC Press Release, 19 February 2010.

Mind the Gap: healing the NATO rift over US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe (PDF), BASIC, January 2010.

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