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Latest Media Advisories
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Another milestone to Zero: UK
Statesmen Call for a World without Nuclear Weapons,
BASIC Media Advisory, 30 June 2008
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Nuclear Disarmament enters the
mainstream - McCain speech supports Getting to Zero,
BASIC Media Advisory, 28 May 2008
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Ploughshares Fund Grants $165,000
to Support BASIC Programs, BASIC Press Release,
3 January 2008
- New Chair takes over for BASIC
New Co-Executive Director Appointed in London, BASIC
Press Release, 3 December 2007
- As public spending belts tighten,
costly dreams of force projection are protected,
BASIC Press Release, 8 October, 2007.
- BASIC Calls for Suspension of
U.S. Arms Sales and Military Assistance to the Persian Gulf
and Middle East, BASIC Press Release, 20 September
2007
- Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.
Joins BASIC Board of Advisors, BASIC Press Release,
19 September 2007
- Four Major UK Security Announcements
on Eve of Parliamentary Recess, BASIC Media Advisory,
30 July 2007
- Former US Chief Nuclear Negotiator
in London calls for Zero Nuclear Weapons, BASIC
Press Release, 10 July 2007
- Gordon Brown PM: A new dawn in
U.K.-foreign policy or business as usual? BASIC
Media Advisory, Dr Ian Davis, 27 June 2007
- Iran inside Iraq: New BASIC study
published today,
BASIC Press Release, 23 May 2007
- Blair pressing to host American
'Star Wars' Interceptor Missiles, and keeping Parliament
in the Dark (again), BASIC Press Release, 23 February
2007
- Former US Air Force colonel sets
out Iran's likely response to the US military option,
BASIC Press Release, 21 February 2007
- New Briefing UK Trident replacement:
too important to rush into, BASIC Media Release,
14 December 2006
- Counter-Terrorism Expert, Steven
Monblatt, Joins BASIC as Co-Executive Director in Washington,
BASIC Press Release, 18 September 2006. The British American
Security Information Council (BASIC) today announced that
the respected counter-terrorism professional, Steven Monblatt,
would be joining BASIC as Co-Executive Director in Washington,
D.C. He will take up his post on October 10, 2006.
- New report: Global security experts
warn against sanctions on Iran, BASIC Media Release,
1 September 2006. Imposing sanctions on Iran would be counter
productive, according to a new report by British and American
global security experts.
- BASIC welcomes Defence Committee
call for UK Government to deliver on its promise of a "free
and open public debate" on the future of Trident: But
has Elvis already left the building?, BASIC Press
Release, 30 June 2006.
- Gordon Brown's announcement of
personal support for Trident Replacement: "Disappointed.......to
say the least," says BASIC.?
BASIC Press Release, 21 June 2006.
- New US strategy in danger of
reviving old dangers, BASIC Press Release, 19 June
2006.
- BASIC welcomes timely WMD report:
British and French nuclear weapons programmes at "a crossroads",
BASIC Media Advisory, 5 June 2006.
- BASIC Calls for Declassification
of NATO's Missile Defence Study, BASIC Media Advisory,
31 May 2006.
- Is Britain About to Host US 'Star
Wars' Interceptor Missiles? And Is Parliament Being Kept
in the Dark (Again)? BASIC Press Release, 4 April
2006. BASIC can reveal exclusively that Britain IS deepening
its cooperation with the United States on missile defence,
but is unlikely to agree to host missile interceptors.
- Britain to Participate in US
'Sub-Critical' Nuclear Test, BASIC Press Release,
23 February 2006. The United Kingdom will participate today
in a sub-critical nuclear test conducted by the United States
at the Nevada Test Site.
- £8bn Typhoon aircraft deal
with Saudis bad for Britain, BASIC Media Release,
23 December 2005.
- It's EU and US policy won't stop
Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: Transatlantic experts call
for compromise and creative diplomacy to avert 'full-scale
crisis', BASIC Media Release, 6 December 2005.
- It's still SNAFU for U.S. Intelligence
Community, BASIC Press Release, 21 October 2005.
- NATO Defence Ministers Meeting
9 June, Call for NATO to withdraw all tactical nukes
from Europe, BASIC Media Advisory, 7 June 2005.
- UK Prime Minister's
Visit to the White House: No Longer Shoulder to Shoulder?
BASIC Media Advisory, 7 June 2005.
- Prospects for Breakthrough at
the NPT Review Conference? Advance notice of panel
discussion and press conference, Thursday 26 May - UNCA
Club Rm. 326, New York 14.00 hrs. Please note venue change.
- Statement on the EU-Iran talks
in Geneva, Media Advisory, 24 May 2005.
- Time for the US and UK to make
a breakthrough at the conference on nuclear weapons in New
York, Press Release,
17 May 2005.
- Major International Conference
starts Monday with no Agenda, Press Release, 27
April 2005.
- What is going on at the US nuclear
weapons laboratories in New Mexico and California and what
might UK scientists from Aldermaston have been doing on
their recent visit?, Press Release, 10 March 2005.
- Late News from the Oscars,
Press Release, 9 March 2005.
- President Bush’s Visit to Europe:
A Bridge Over Troubled Water? Media Advisory, 20
February 2005.
- Timely conference to consider
missile defence developments, Advance Press Notice
for Tuesday 9 November 2004.
- A Fistful of Contractors: The
Case for a Pragmatic Assessment of Private Military Companies
in Iraq, a new report from BASIC, Tuesday 28 September
2004.
- Escaping the Subsidy Trap: Why
arms exports are bad for Britain, This report demonstrates
that significant subsidies are provided to UK arms exports,
and that there are no economic or employment gains to be
had from such support, BASIC, Saferworld, Oxford Research
Group, 22 September 2004.
- Leading lawyers say US-UK nuclear
collaboration breaches international law, News Advisory
from British American Security Information Council, the
Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy and Peacerights,
Monday 26 July 2004
- After the Butler Report: Time
to Take on the Group Think in Washington and London?
BASIC Media Briefing, Wednesday 21 July 2004
- New Report on US-UK nuclear weapons
collaboration: Shining a torch into the darker recesses
of the ‘special relationship’, BASIC Press Release
on the Amendment to the 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement,
Wednesday 16 June 2004.
- Nuclear proliferation under the
'special relationship', BASIC Press Release on the
NPT PrepCom, 23 April 2004
See also: NPT PrepCom
2004: Comment & Analysis, New York, 26 April
to 7 May 2004
- The
Hutton Inquiry Report: Missing the Bigger Picture,
BASIC Media Briefing, 29 January 2004
2003
- BASIC acquires 'confidential'
document on missile defence, BASIC Press Release
on US-UK Memorandum of Understanding on Ballistic
Missile Defence, 9 September 2003.
- NATO
Defence Ministers to discuss nuclear policy in Brussels?
BASIC Press Release, 11 June 2003
- Is NATO Coming Under
Pressure to Change Its Nuclear Policy? BASIC Press Release,
2 June 2003
- US Senate Approves NATO Enlargement
BASIC Press Release, 9 May 2003
- Non-Proliferation
Treaty under threat as North Korea withdraws and Counter-proliferation
theory moves to centre stage, Press Release,
11 April 2003
- US
deploys chemical agents for possible use against Baghdad,
Press Release, 26 March 2003
- BASIC
calls for MPs to view Iraqi UN declaration today,
Press Release, 17 March 2003
- U.K.
Defense Committee gives green light to radar upgrade
for U.S. missile defense, Press Release, 29 January
2003
- International
crises and global security - comment and analysis,
Press Release, 27 January 2003
2002
- Imminent
UK Government Announcement of US BMD Request,
Press Release, 14 December 2002.
- A 10-minute
international conference on controlling biological
weapons proliferation?, Press Release, 6 November 2002.
- Public opinion
in Europe on war with Iraq, Press Release, 7 October
2002.
- September 11 one year on:
BASIC Paper analyses how the world has changed Press
Release, 19 September 2002
- Report Highlights
US Push for New
Nuclear Weapons Press Release, 28 July 2002
- Campaigners
Attack "Meddling" with Arms Laws Press
Release from the UK Working Group on Arms, 22 July 2002
- Hoon
Suggests U.K. Nukes Will Counter WMD Press
Release, 20 March 2002
- Britain to
Participate in US Nuclear Test Press Release,
14 February 2002
- Nuclear Weapons
Document Touts Cuts While Escalating Risks
Press Release, 10 January 2002
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