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BASIC in the media

BASIC’s council, experts and secretariat regularly write technical, law-based and opinion pieces for the press.

Ward Wilson: The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan...Stalin Did
June 14, 2013

Ward Wilson was featured on the the front page of Foreign Policy with a popular article de-bunking the myth that the Second World War was won by nuclear weapons.

Paul Ingram on Egypt's walkout at NPT PrepCom
April 30, 2013

BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram was quoted extensively in this article on Egypt’s decision to walk out of the NPT Preparatory Committee meeting happening in Geneva.

British PM seeks to keep controversial Trident nukes
April 12, 2013

BASIC Executive Director, Paul Ingram, was interviewed by Press TV after British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote a piece for the Telegraph, acknowledging his support of Trident and highlighting

The Economic Implications for the United Kingdom of Scottish Independence
April 12, 2013

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldselect/ldeconaf/152/…

Trident: the nuclear jobcentre
April 04, 2013

Richard Norton-Taylor writes about changing assumptions about nuclear deterrence and nuclear possession.

Brian Eno chats with Tom Robinson
January 25, 2013

Former BASIC board member Brian Eno was featured on the Tom Robinson show on BBC Radio 6, discussing his career, involvement with BASIC, and interest in reducing nuclear dangers.

Ten ways Obama's second term will shape Britain
January 24, 2013

Alex Stevensen from Politics.co.uk interviewed Paul Ingram in this article about the most important challenges facing newly inaugurated Barack Obama in his second term.

Iran: the deescalatory options
October 12, 2012

Paul Ingram, BASIC’s executive director, authored an article for OpenDemocracy on the tensions between Iran and the West, and the options for deescalating the threats of war.

Getting to Zero – Is Nuclear Abolition Desirable and/or Possible?
October 10, 2012

The International Security Network (ISN) published an article by BASIC’s program support officer, Rachel Staley, on the possibility and desirability of nuclear abolition.

Paul Ingram and BASIC featured in EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
October 09, 2012

BASIC’s executive director, Paul Ingram, was interviewd for ‘nonproliferation.eu’, the monthly newsletter from the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium.